Hurzeler on draw with Arsenal, positive start to the season and injury worries after the game (Full Presser part two)

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Brighton and Hove Albion boss Fabian Hurzeler on their impressive 1-1 draw with Arsenal, a few injury concerns and their positive start to the season The Emirates Stadium, London, UK

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00:00role in both goals, the defending for Arsenal's goal and the pass for Jorgen?

00:07Of course he knows that it was not the best defending, but for me a leader is how he reacts.

00:16So every player on the pitch does a mistake. And then react like this, still being present

00:23on the pitch, still asking for the ball, still playing like the assist to the jaw from us.

00:30It's amazing how he reacted on this mistake. So I will never judge him by doing these mistakes,

00:36I would judge him by having a bad reaction on these mistakes. So I'm very happy how

00:41we reacted. He's a great leader, he's a great captain and very important for us.

00:46It looks like his international career is over now, having been let out of the squad.

00:53Do you think in a strange sort of way that might help?

01:00So in the end, all the decisions he will do, we will support him. Me as a head coach,

01:07the whole club and the whole staff and also the team will support him. He knows his buddy the

01:12best. We are not in his body. He makes a decision on his own. So let's see how his future will be.

01:18I hope that he will be continuing his career a long time for Brighton because he's a great player,

01:26a great character and I hope he will be for a long time still a player for Brighton.

01:33We have to do a scan and we have to

01:35control it then, the pictures, what it will be. But I think it's not so bad.

01:46A little bit of hamstrings.

01:55It's also small issues. I think it's always difficult for a player who

02:01wants to change and it's long negotiations between clubs. It means also a lot of stress

02:08mentally for the player because he's still there for his former club but he wants to

02:13change to a new club because it's a great opportunity. So we should take care also of

02:18this side. Not only see the player, also see the person behind the player. That's why he had a

02:24small issue also with his hamstring but I hope it's not that big. So we try to use the international

02:31break to get him back in the squad as quick as possible.

02:34Is that a recurrence of the thigh or is it a different thing that kept him out?

02:41No, it's the same.

02:44In light of the injury problems, what about the decision to end up selling Billy Gilman?

02:54Of course now it looks a little bit unhappy or unlucky. But again, Billy was a deserved

03:02player for Brighton. He made great performances and he had a big chance to go to a great club in

03:08Italy. Pascal Gross is the same. He had a big opportunity to go to his club in Germany,

03:13to Dortmund. So in the end of course we also have to accept the wishes and the needs from

03:19the players. It's always a decision what we do together. Now at the moment it seems that

03:25we don't have enough players on the six with the loss of Mats, with the injury from Mats and

03:33James. But let's see the positive things. Let's see how Yassin came in the game,

03:38let's see how Balema performed. These are two young players, two high-potential players and

03:43you see it in every training and I'm very happy for them. So that's the way from Brighton.

03:49Of course we need also great, experienced leaders but that's also the way from Brighton,

03:53to play with very, very young players. These two players are quite young and

03:57they made a great impact today.

03:58Do you think Matt Reilly will be a regular starter for Brighton?

04:20So I have a lot of trust to him, like to every player.

04:24We have a big squad, we have a lot of competition in the squad. So nobody can rest and he has to

04:30be there every training, he has to improve every training. And then of course it's also our way,

04:35like I said before, to give chances to young players, to improve them. And I think young

04:40players only can improve by playing on the pitch, by making experiences on the pitch.

04:45And I think for Carlos it was a great experience today and he made a good game.

04:54Amazing. And Brighton have done pretty well,

04:57you could say, in their first opening Premier League games. Some good performances,

05:02but what can the side do a little bit better just to get going even more?

05:07Everything. So we have to be consistent in all phases of the game. There are all

05:14too many momentums. We are not controlling the game like we want to control, especially

05:19the first 50 minutes. We didn't want to stand like this low. We wanted to be more

05:25courageous with the ball. So I think the courage was missing.

05:29After that, after the first 50 minutes, then we had a good phase. Then also in the second

05:34half we had a very good phase with scoring and having two or three chances. But we also

05:39had a bad phase with conceding big chances against us. So I think consistency is very important.

05:45For me a set-piece is so important, especially today. Defensive set-pieces,

05:49we defended it amazing, but offensive set-pieces were not good enough. So we had a lot of

05:53set-pieces but we didn't create one chance out of it. So what I want to say is they are all

06:00phases in the game, out of possession, in possession, also set-pieces where we can

06:04improve. And that's the way I always want to work. So focus on the process, not get

06:11too much focus on the results. Because I'm sure if you work hard,

06:14if you try to improve every day, the results will come in the end.

06:20What did you see of Iyari in the summer?

06:32Blair was always there. I think he didn't miss one training the whole pre-season so far.

06:39Also during the season, he was always there. He's a top-motivated player. He plays

06:45fine intensity against the ball. He's his quality in possession, especially with his deep runs. So

06:52he made a great impact when he came here. He used his chance and now it's up to him to continue

06:58this level, to keep going in his development and we try to help him.

07:02Was he always going to stay with you in the Premier League?

07:04Let's see what happens, but at the moment I'm happy to have him here.

07:13Like I said, he's a player who was always there and I love players who give everything for the

07:19club, who give their last percentage of what they have to the performance of the team and

07:26who are also team players. He's one team player and you need team players to be successful. You

07:30can't only have creative players and you also can't have only leaders,

07:35so he's a team player and very helpful for the balance.

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