Maxim De Cuyper's telling response to Brighton title talk on social media and Diego Gomez's classy gesture

Maxim De Cuyper said high-flying Brighton will stay humble amid growing title talk.

The Seagulls have enjoyed a blistering start to the season and Sunday's 2-0 win against Brentford places them second in the table as they pause in the international break.

Arsenal lead the way at the top, five points ahead of Brighton, with Manchester City one point adrift of the Seagulls in third.

De Cuyper, 25, has been a key man for Fabian Hurzeler and the left winger has started all 10 Premier League matches with two goals and three assists. He has four goals and four assists in all competitions.

De Cuyper: It’s impossible not too see title talk

"It's impossible to not see those kinds of things if you have social media yourself,” said De Cuyper after the win against Brentford.

"The only thing we say to each other is that everyone has to stay humble and do his job 100 per cent.

"It's going pretty well. Yeah, very good start. Like we said already some weeks ago, it's about us. We have to do the basics right and everything is possible then."

Brighton have 22 points from 10 matches and are the top scorers in the division with 26 goals. They have won seven, drawn once with their only two losses away Liverpool and Chelsea.

We will have difficult moments

The Belgian added: "It obviously makes it easier when you win games to do this effort over and over again.

"You know what you're doing right and you just keep on doing those things that have got you the results.

"But we said it already to each other, if things are going not in our way, we still have to keep on doing it and in the season you have difficult moments so we will definitely meet them and then we have to show how strong we are as a team."

De Cuyper also gave special praise to his teammate Diego Gomez. The Paraguayan followed up his remarkable halfway line strike against Crystal Palace with another long range stunner to open the scoring against Brentford.

Diego Gomez is ‘unbelievable’

"For the moment we just have to give him the ball around the 16 [penalty area] and he will shoot balls into the net." De Cuyper said. "So it's unbelievable for the goals he's scoring this season so I hope it keeps on coming."

Brighton, along with the rest of the Premier League, now pause for the international break and resume Premier League action on November 22 at Hully City.

De Cuyper teams up with Belgium as they travel to Turkey on Thursday, November 12 in the Nations League. They then welcome Italy - also in the Nations League - on Sunday November 15.

De Cuyper said: "It's a nice mental break now. Yeah for sure it's nice to see people from your own country.

"Also some friends and to speak your own language. It's very nice to go back to the national team, have a great time, have some playing time there and then come back with a good mood to go on in the league."