Brighton midfielder Pascal Gross believes every player in the squad has contributed to his side's early success so far this season.

Gross scored Brighton's second goal in the 2-0 win against Brentford on Sunday to move the Seagulls up to second in the Premier League table, but the 35-year-old is impressed by Diego Gomez, who opened the scoring at the Amex.

"He doesn't score normal goals," Gross told BBC Radio Sussex.

"I think he doesn't want to. If he's close in front of goal he's probably more worried than when we have it 20 yards out. He never scores normal goals, always like screamers.

"The power he has is different to everybody. When he hits it, if it hits the target it's a big problem for the keeper. That's how he hits it."

The Seagulls are just five points behind leaders Arsenal and the 35-year-old points to Brighton's squad depth as part of the reason why.

"So far really good, you can't say differently," Gross, who is in his second spell with the club, said. "Even the League Cup performance [against Manchester City] was really good, and we probably deserved to win that game more than the league game, but in general, really good.

"What makes me happy is five away games is really tough, we used the whole squad, every player contributes. When you see our bench now there's a lot of quality. We make changes and it doesn't really matter, we can bring players on from the bench that can make a difference so that really gives us a good feeling."