Brentford 0-0 Brighton: View from the pressbox

Sussex World reporters Sam Morton and Henry Bryant assess Brighton and Hove Albion's 0-0 draw at Brentford in the Premier League

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00:00 Hello, I'm Sam Morton here with Henry Bryant, reporter for Sussex World. We've just watched

00:05 Brighton draw 0-0 at Brentford in a pretty boring Premier League game to be honest, wasn't

00:09 it? I think Brighton had the better chances and they were the team most likely to win

00:13 it, but it was a bit of a dull game. How would you assess that one, Henry?

00:18 Well I think that Brighton didn't come into the game with enough intensity as they should

00:22 have. There's been a lot of lacklustre performances recently with Brighton just not being able

00:27 to put their foot on the gas. A lot of chances created and in the post-match press conference

00:32 to Zerbe talked about six chances that he thought his side should have scored. But just

00:38 overall Brentford are a really strong, physically strong defensive team and they did really

00:45 well to thwart off the Brighton attack, especially with the likes of Jarl Pedro back in the squad.

00:50 So for me it was a really disappointing game in that sense for Brighton. I think we just

00:56 need to get some results through if we are to secure a European spot. But yeah, a boring

01:02 0-0 draw.

01:03 Yeah, you mentioned Jarl Pedro being back and he was a really lively performer, wasn't

01:07 it? De Zerbe really praised him for the way that he performed and it was almost like he'd

01:11 never been away, wasn't it? The way that he was really trying to find those gaps in the

01:15 defence and get shots off. It obviously wasn't his night but he's going to make such a difference

01:19 in these final eight games, isn't he?

01:21 Absolutely. And as Xheria was saying, how difficult it is to play against Brentford.

01:26 So for us it was really positive to see him back and creating most of our chances and

01:31 actually getting us up the pitch, especially in times of need. So it was really good.

01:35 Just a word to the defenders, Henry. Lewis Dunk and Jan-Paul van Gekker, who have been

01:39 brilliant throughout the season, really did perform well, getting to keep Ivan-Tony quiet.

01:43 So just a word on them and how well they performed.

01:45 Yeah, well I think that in terms of the defence, Brighton have been shaky in some games and

01:51 I think the fact that we were able to get a clean sheet today is one of the positives

01:56 of this game. I know the fans are probably going away thinking, 'Oh, we should have maybe

02:01 nipped something in the dying embers of the game, especially with the Danny Woelbeck chance.'

02:05 But look, the defence was really good tonight and I think that it showed the solidness of

02:10 our defence. Jan-Paul van Gekker is really turning into a really important player for

02:15 Brighton and it showed.

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