Brighton's Hurzeler on 3-2 defeat to Liverpool in last 16 of League Cup

Brighton and Hove Albion boss Fabian Hurzeler reacts to their 3-2 defeat to Liverpool in the last 16 of the League Cup Amex Stadium, Brighton, UK

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00:00Great character and great personality and they proved it today as well, for sure.

00:05It's disappointing to go out of this game with being knocked out in the cup,

00:12but we were not ruthless enough and I think there was a difference,

00:16like Liverpool scored at the right moment,

00:19they scored out of nowhere with an unbelievable shot,

00:23and that's why they had their timing on their side today

00:27and we were not able to reply in the right moments.

00:37Ed?

00:38Hi, Jürgen, I was impressed with Roger Gruder today,

00:41do you think he showed what he can do?

00:45I think it was his first game, so we have to be patient with him.

00:48We see it in training that he's able to do great things,

00:52but of course he's still a very young player,

00:55he's coming from a different league, different culture,

00:58so the start was good, and now we try to improve him, try to help him,

01:04but I'm very pleased that he played 90 minutes today.

01:07Or almost 90 minutes.

01:09And just on total amity, he had a game of two halves,

01:12he was good at some points and made a couple of mistakes,

01:15is it difficult for players who come in who aren't starting regularly to come off the bench?

01:20For sure it's not that easy,

01:23if you don't have regular game time, but in the end they're all like professionals,

01:30they have to be there and use their chance when the chance is there,

01:35and today I think some of them showed a great impact.

01:39We had a lot of positive things, but of course also negative things,

01:43otherwise you wouldn't lose a match and we have to analyse it,

01:47we have to give them feedback and then we try to keep going.

01:54Andy?

01:55That was Mats' first 90 minutes since he opened that seat,

02:00what did he make of that?

02:04I think he showed a great reaction to his mistake on Saturday,

02:10I think that's not easy, to come back like this, to show this character,

02:17to show this personality after a bad mistake,

02:20after not being the best player against Wolverhampton,

02:28and then it's great to show a reaction like this.

02:31He was asking for the ball, he was not hiding, he made mistakes for sure,

02:35but afterwards he was still asking for the ball,

02:37and that shows that he's a great character and he keeps on going,

02:40and I'm sure he will help us this season.

02:44Had he opened it?

02:46Yeah, it was a hit on the foot, so we have to wait for his reaction tomorrow

02:52and then we can say more.