Kieran Tierney has spoken about overcoming his injury problems in "the toughest year of my life".
The former Celtic left-back struggled with injuries after joining Arsenal, but has made himself a key member of the side with a series of impressive performances since English football's restart last month.
The 23-year-old was voted Player of the Month for June by the club's fans, and scored his first goal for the club in Sunday's 3-2 win over Watford.
Speaking on the official Arsenal website, Tierney said: "It's been the toughest year of my life. I've had the injury and a lot of new challenges but you need challenges, you need to be uncomfortable.
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"You need to challenge yourself to improve. I worked hard every day and I knew it wasn't going to be easy coming to this massive club full of great players. I knew it was going to be tough coming in and trying to get my place in the team.
"I'm just grateful for every opportunity I get to go on the pitch and give my all. I try to repay the manager's faith by working hard and trying to put in good performances. It's all about the hard work.
"I didn't know what to do (to celebrate the goal) so I just turned around," Tierney added. "I think it was shock! I'll take it. It was a good ball from Auba as well so it was a good day for me personally."
Tierney left Celtic for Arsenal in a £25m move last year, and has been capped 12 times by Scotland.
