SCOTLAND midfielder Billy Gilmour insists he is loving life at Brighton despite his lack of game time.
After making the move from Chelsea to the Seagulls on transfer deadline day, Gilmour had to wait until Wednesday evening to make his full debut as he shone in the Carabao Cup 3-1 win at Arsenal.
Another complication for the 21-year-old at Brighton was the fact that manager Graham Potter left to join Chelsea within a week of Gilmour’s arrival on the south coast.
In the Premier League, the former Rangers trainee has been restricted to only 13 minutes of action across four substitute outings under new boss Roberto De Zerbi.
However, Gilmour, who is in the national team squad for next week’s friendly in Turkey, is hoping to kick on from his 90-minute appearance against the Gunners.
He said: “I am enjoying it, I need to be patient for my opportunity.
"I got an opportunity on Wednesday and played okay so I need to build on that, but I’m loving life here so far and hopefully that continues.
“Of course you get frustrated sometimes but we’re all together as a team, we’re in it for the full season so we need to stick together and push and see how high we can get up.
“I’m enjoying it, we play good football, possession-based but it’s all for a reason - it’s not just to keep the ball. It’s going forward and scoring goals.”
Gilmour delivered an assured midfield performance against Arsenal and set up Tariq Lamptey to score the third goal at the Emirates.
He added: “We dug in, went a goal down and showed character and personality to get ourselves back into the game and then to go on to win it.
“I was happy to assist Tariq with the goal but I thought it was a good game with some good goals.”
