Inside Scoop: Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler responds to Pep Guardiola handbags moment with Van Hecke and more

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Albion writers Derren Howard and Henry Bryant went to Fabian Hürzeler's pre-match press conference before Albion face Man City away in a Premier League clash. They discussed what was said by the Seagulls head coach.

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00:00Yes guys, how's it going? I'm Henry Bryant and that's Deron Howard. We're both reporters

00:04for Sussex World and we've just been to the Pre-match press conference as Bryton and Hovalbian

00:09go away to Manchester City in a Premier League clash. So Deron, talk to me about what Fabian

00:15Hosler was saying, obviously a fine run of form and looking to make this their 7th consecutive

00:20win.

00:21Yeah, I think they can go there with a lot of confidence. Obviously they've been playing

00:25so well ever since that Nottingham Forest game. For the last month they've been playing

00:32at a really high level. The intensity has been good, which they often talk about now,

00:37and the front five are just absolutely flying. So you've got Jankuba Minte, Karamatoma, Router,

00:44Pedro and then Danny Welbeck coming off the bench as well. So they've really been in good

00:48form and I think that attacking five, if they can get the defensive side right, that attacking

00:54five is a threat to anyone, including Manchester City, who aren't quite playing as good as

00:58they were in the past, but they're still going to be very dangerous, I think.

01:01Absolutely, and Fabian didn't really want to go into detail when asked about some sort

01:06of handbags moment that was seen, obviously with the likes of Guagliola and Van Hekman.

01:11He was also asked about the fact that he's already won one game, looking to do the double

01:16over Manchester City with this clash. So, yeah, what were your sort of impressions of

01:21him not wanting to get into that too much?

01:23Yeah, I think it was fairly... Obviously, Guagliola came on and had a real go at Van Hek.

01:30It was quite a public, very animated conversation and it's not the first time that Guagliola

01:36has done that as well, to opposing players. And I asked Herzele whether he has an issue

01:41with opposing managers having a go at his players like that and he was quite diplomatic

01:48in his response and said that he hopes that Guagliola gave him some good advice. But I

01:54think that clash is going to be crucial. Erling Haaland and Van Hek, it was a very physical

01:59battle at the Amex Stadium and I think it's going to be more of the same this Saturday.

02:06So that's one I've got my eye on. I think there's going to be lots of good personal

02:10duels all over the pitch, but I think that one in particular is going to be key to how

02:15Brighton play.

02:17It's going to be a really interesting match-up between the two sides and I mean they're very

02:21close in the table. Just going to one thing that was said in the broadcast section early

02:26on is Tony Bloom was spotted at Cheltenham and he said that these next few weeks and

02:32the last remaining games of the season could turn out to be the biggest historical point

02:37for the Albion in their history. What do you make of that? Do you agree with that?

02:41Well, I think it's really exciting times for Brighton at the moment. They're one point

02:46behind Manchester City who have that final Champions League spot. I think if they can

02:52get a positive result at the Etihad, then that's really going to set them up for the

02:57last nine games of the season where they can really push on for those Champions League

03:01places and you have to agree with Tony Bloom what he's done and the upward trajectory

03:07that Brighton have been on. If they can achieve Champions League football, that's huge isn't

03:13it in terms of the journey that they've been on. So yeah, you have to agree, it's a very

03:18historic time for Brighton. Playing really well, so let's just go for it in the final

03:23stages and see what they can do.

03:25Yeah, well it's all to play for. We'll see what happens. But thanks for watching and

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