Brajan Gruda may make his Brighton & Hove Albion debut in opposition to Tottenham at Amex Stadium on Sunday (4.30pm BST), Seagulls supervisor Fabian Hurzeler has stated.
Germany Underneath-21 attacker Gruda signed for £25 million from Mainz in August however is but to play for Hurzeler, who has guided Albion to 9 factors from their first six league video games and the Carabao Cup fourth spherical.
Discussing Gruda and wideman Solly March, who has been a long-term absentee with a knee harm, Hurzeler stated: “They skilled very effectively this week. They could be an choice for the weekend.”
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“The long-term accidents are Matt O’Riley, Joao Pedro and JP [Jan-Paul van Hecke],” added Hurzeler. “James Milner can be an choice for this weekend. There’s constructive and destructive information however, normally, we see extra positives that the gamers come again.”
Brighton suffered a complete first defeat of the season at Chelsea final Saturday, the place they took the lead however discovered their excessive line of defence repeatedly uncovered in a 4-2 loss.
They’ve now gone 4 league video games with out victory, having beforehand drawn at dwelling to Nottingham Forest and Ipswich City and at Arsenal.
“There have been some constructive issues, particularly in possession,” stated Hurzeler, whose aspect have been on the receiving finish of 4 first-half Cole Palmer strikes.
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“Chelsea scored 4 objectives and we additionally had the prospect to attain 4 objectives. We’ve to study from it, I’ve to study from it.
“I used to be the accountable particular person for the match plan and the match plan wasn’t ok. Now we’ll attempt to present a response.”
Spurs ‘spectacular’ – Hurzeler
Tottenham earned arguably their finest defeat of the marketing campaign the next day, profitable 3-0 at Manchester United in one other show of supervisor Ange Postecoglou’s attacking strategy.
“I respect him quite a bit,” stated Hurzeler. “Not solely due to how he performs, the entity of Tottenham, the fashion of play – it’s spectacular – but in addition, as an individual, he’s very humble, very well mannered. I’m actually trying ahead to assembly him and competing in opposition to him.
“It’s crucial after defeat that you’re trustworthy with your self, you mirror on your self: what was good, what was not good within the recreation.
“When you lose a recreation, in fact, there are extra destructive factors. We’ve analysed the destructive factors and mentioned with the staff about tha.”
