Brighton defender Veltman highlights Joao Pedro impact

Brighton defender Joel Veltman admits he's been impressed by Joao Pedro.

The striker arrived in the summer from Watford and shone in victory over Newcastle on the weekend.

Veltman said, I think Joo was a bit underrated in the game, but he did some incredible things for us, holding up the ball, keeping [Fabian] Schr behind him, and from then on we could create chances. He didn't score three goals (like Evan Ferguson) but he was amazing.

Obviously they have lots of quality to create chances, but we played to our strengths. We had 1 vs 1s with our strikers Joao and Evan opening up the game, creating spaces behind their defenders.

We showed a great fighting spirit as well against such a strong, physical team like Newcastle. They're an amazing side, but we didn't give up. We won our 50-50 duels and from then on we could play our game."