Hurzeler reacts to Brighton win and red card advantage

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Brighton Hove and Alboin's boss Fabian Hurzeler reacts to Brighton win and red card advantage  27/09/2025  Stamford Bridge, London UK

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00:00That's it.

00:02Happy.

00:03Welcome.

00:04Thanks.

00:19Yes?

00:20It must have felt great coming back like that and the substitute really helped.

00:24How did you sort of come back from the game and how do you use the red card as well?

00:29I think we started quite passive into the game.

00:32I think Chelsea dominated us the first minutes until the goal.

00:36And after the goal suddenly everything changed,

00:39so we were much better in possession, we played with much more courage,

00:42we were intense out of possession, we created chances.

00:45So after the goal I have quite a good feeling how the game went

00:50and of course the red card always helped,

00:53but a numerical advantage doesn't mean that it's an advantage on the pitch,

00:57sometimes it's getting even harder to create something,

01:00but my team, they stayed calm, they were very patient,

01:03they had a good positioning and of course then we had some great moments

01:07with our wingers, with one-against-one situations,

01:09with our strikers attacking the box.

01:11So overall I would say that after the goal it was a really good game from us,

01:16the red card helped us, but you always have to use this numerical advantage

01:19and therefore my team did a great good job.

01:23I just wanted to ask you about the player who didn't score,

01:25but he set up Welbeck's first goal in Vancouver-Minter,

01:28and he seemed to give Matthew Ferrella probably out of time.

01:31How good was he today? How good was he becoming?

01:35I think we can go through all our individual players now.

01:38In the end, for me, it's always when you play well as a team,

01:41when you create chances, then the individual players can shine.

01:44So you have to create the pattern that you have a one-against-one situation

01:49from Minte against Cucurella for example,

01:51and there's always a team pattern because if you don't have the right positioning,

01:56if you don't play well, if you don't ask for the ball,

01:58you might not get the midfielder free and then you don't create this one-against-one situation.

02:02So overall, if a team plays well, if my team plays well,

02:05the individual will shine and then of course Minte is in great shape.

02:10He proves it now every weekend,

02:12so therefore I hope he stays in this flow and keeps staying humble and keep working.

02:19You get your three points in terms of the psychological effect,

02:25it's usually worth a lot more to a team like Brighton in particular

02:29to come back at a place like Chelsea and win in this fashion, would you say?

02:34Yeah, for sure.

02:36I think to have the setback and this tough start and to come back like this

02:41and to react like this is just impressive.

02:44Of course, this should give energy, this should create a good atmosphere.

02:48Like I said, it's very important that you not only focus too much on the results,

02:52you really have to focus on the atmosphere and the togetherness in the group,

02:56and that's what my team proved today, so I'm happy for them.

02:59What do you think it says about Brighton and what the club have got in terms of the structure,

03:05that they can lose player after player after player and staff member and staff member to Chelsea

03:10with all their money and yet you can still compete with them like that and beat them?

03:15Good recruitment system from Tony Bloom.

03:19I think that's the main thing.

03:21We sell maybe the best players from us during the summer but we get great players back

03:27and on top of that we have great leaders in the group who are there for a long time

03:33like Jason Steele, James Milner, Louis Stank, George Ruter steps into the leadership role.

03:41I can go through all of them, especially Danny Welbeck, how he played today.

03:45You need the leaders who drive the culture, you need the leaders who drive the values in the football club

03:51and then you have these potential young players who we sign every season, every summer,

03:59who make us better and we try to implement them as quick as possible.

04:02Sometimes you need more time for them.

04:04For example, we have Kruda who was coming last summer, he needed some time to adapt

04:09but now he's ready to play fully in the Premier League, he's a very important player for us

04:13and that's the system, how it works.

04:15So having a good core group of leaders, they drive the culture, they drive the system, the values

04:21and then you have the young players with big potential who need the support from the old leaders

04:27and can bring their full potential on the pitch if they have the right support.

04:31The only problem is Chelsea will now be trying to sign even more of your players.

04:34I have to talk with Tony, you should avoid the changes.

04:39But yeah, it's football, you know?

04:41You have to accept that that's the normal business,

04:44so it's more about finding solutions.

04:47Fabian, do you think the incident in the penalty box,

04:51I think it was one all at the time,

04:53do you think that had an adverse effect on Chelsea?

04:56Because maybe it was not a coincidence that they conceded two goals after that.

05:01I didn't see it perfectly but I think the main thing was that we really stayed calm,

05:07that we had good positioning, that we had a good structure in possession

05:12to create a one-against-one situation, to create crosses

05:15and then we attacked the box quite well.

05:18So I wouldn't say that this changed massively,

05:21I think it was more like the positioning and the belief from my team

05:25to score every second of the game.

05:28And it's a brave man who tries to take on Louis Dunk, right?

05:31Again?

05:32It's a brave man who tries to take on Louis Dunk in a wrestling match.

05:35I think that's not a great thing to do.

05:38But in the end, we should play football, I think that's the main thing,

05:42focusing on football, trying to be the best player you can be.

05:47My skipper is there for my team,

05:49and therefore I think it's very important that he steps into it

05:53in the right moments.

05:55Andy?

05:56Is it quite complicated with the forward options you have

05:59to decide how's best for you all?

06:02Who's best to start with?

06:04Who's best to bring on his inner back side?

06:07I wouldn't say complicated, but of course it's great to have options,

06:11and then you have to make decisions as a coach.

06:14That's part of my job, and therefore for all the decisions I'm doing,

06:18I take the full responsibility.

06:21Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong.

06:23It's normal in life from a manager,

06:25but I think you have to do it with the biggest belief

06:27and the biggest conviction you have inside of you

06:30to make these decisions.

06:31And on top of that, I think the players,

06:34if they have the competition, it's only a positive thing,

06:37that they can really challenge each other in every training session.

06:40They will get better because of that competition and training,

06:43because they have to push their limits,

06:45they have to go intense in every training session,

06:47like this you get better.

06:49Well done.

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