Hürzeler reacts to Brighton's 2-2 draw with Manchester City

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Hürzeler reacts to Brighton's 2-2 draw with Manchester City  15/03/25  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK.

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00:00Congratulations on the point. When that chance went to Bolivar, did you think you were going

00:08to win the game?

00:11No, because the ball wasn't in, so I didn't thought about that. First of all, we have

00:18to put in the goal and I think it was one of two or three really big chances in the

00:23second half where we could go for the winner. But in the end, it doesn't hurt to complain,

00:29it's about reflecting it, analysing it, what small margins we have to improve and then

00:35we have to do it the next time better.

00:36I realise it's difficult for you as a new manager to contextualise Brighton, but do

00:42you take anything from the fact that this club has never won a game away at Manchester

00:48City and never got a point in the Premier League here and you have achieved that?

00:55I said it before the game, I'm not a big fan of statistics and I'm not chasing any

01:02individual record. It's about chasing the team performance, it's about getting on the

01:08next level and I thought today we showed an impressive performance, we played in our style,

01:13we proved we can compete with every team in the league, especially in the second half

01:18we were the better team. So, overall it's a fact that we won the first time a point

01:26here but I think for us it's a more disappointing feeling that we didn't go home with three points.

01:34Fabian, you spoke yesterday about trying to find regular set-piece takers, have you found

01:39one with Pervis? How much work has he been doing, the free-kick and the corner that led

01:44to the equaliser?

01:46Like we said yesterday, there are several takers and we still try to develop them. Pervis,

01:54Yassine Ayari, Mente, they all tried it this season so far, they all really tried to work

02:01hard on these things, tried to improve every training session because we proved it today

02:06that set-pieces might be game-changers, set-pieces are very helpful to win you games in the Premier

02:11League so I'm happy that it worked today. But I think we are still in the process and

02:16we are still trying to make them more in perfection instead of coincidence because today when

02:28we saw the second goal from us it was more a coincidence goal from us. So, we have to

02:34work on these things, you can work hard on set-pieces and that's what we try to do every day.

02:39Was the disappointment the way you conceded the two goals?

02:47Yes, I think there we lost the two points because we didn't find the right balance between

02:53when we play out from the back, when we try to find a solution on the ground and when

02:56we go for a long ball and for the second ball. I think this decision-making, especially in

03:03the first half, wasn't on the highest level from us and we have to analyse it and we have

03:06to be honest to each other that it's our responsibility that we weren't clean enough

03:13in the first half and therefore we always have to react on a goal from City and that

03:20costs a lot of energy. We did it quite an impressive way but in the end we missed a

03:25little bit of energy which we have to bring into the first half to react on the goals from City.

03:33Have you worked on the players in the middle, creating spaces, because you seem to get on

03:41the end of others, not just the goals?

03:44I think set-pieces is a teamwork, so it's not only about having the right taker, it's

03:49about having the right blocks, it's about finding the right space. So, this has to be

03:55a pattern, it has to be a really good, automatically pattern for us and therefore we have to keep

04:03working on these things because these things won't come overnight. There are really details

04:09where you have to improve if you want to score a set-piece goal and therefore we are still

04:12not on the highest level and that's the process we're in at the moment and we have to keep

04:17working on it.

04:18Did that afternoon almost sum up his progress in a way, all the good work but not the goal?

04:26I wouldn't say that because I think he showed a great performance today, he improved when

04:34we compared to the other games. He looked quite sharp also in this minute, I think it

04:39was quite late in the game and he made a long sprint so he was physically and mentally on

04:44a higher level than he was in the games before. Sometimes you miss chances like this, sometimes

04:49you score, sometimes you are the hero, sometimes not, but in the end I always say to the guys

04:54that these things happen in football. For me it's more important how we react on these

04:58things because on the one side you can be very disappointed, on the other side you can

05:02have the mindset and attitude to say to yourself I will do it the next time better and that's

05:07what I want to see from my players.

05:09Tarek and Solih, can you tell us anything about them?

05:14Yes, T has a bigger issue. He had a bad moment in the training session, I can't say exactly

05:25how long he will be out and Solih has just a small issue so I think he will be back after

05:31international break.

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