Fabian Hurzeler spoke to the media before the Albion's home game against Liverpool in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. Stay tuned for Brighton and Hove Albion writers Derren Howard and Henry Bryant's thoughts about the press conference later in the video.
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00:00Lewis has a small muscle issue, not that big. I think he's a great healer so we have to
00:08go day by day. For sure we can't take any risk with him but he's keen on coming back
00:16as soon as possible so we have to go day for day and then we'll see when he'll be back.
00:21It's a challenge. It's another opportunity, another chance for us to prove how far we
00:27are as a team. Liverpool for sure at the moment are one of the best teams in the world
00:33but again it's a game and we are able to beat every team in this league. We are convinced
00:40that we can do it and if you don't have the self-belief, if you don't have the self-confidence
00:44I think you shouldn't go in games like this.
00:48So we will try to be good in possession, we have to be very good out of possession, we
00:54have to be very compact, we have to be special in personal duels, ruthless and then I'm sure
01:02that this team or my team has the potential to beat everyone. Of course we have a lot
01:08of respect for Liverpool and we see a lot of games from them, it's incredible what they're
01:15doing but there are always chances in the Premier League to win games.
01:20I have two ex-players from him in my squad so they are all very well educated, not only
01:28on the pitch but also beside the pitch, great characters so I think it's also an impact
01:34from a coach if you educate persons and not only players. When you see the season from
01:41Liverpool so far I think they lost one game, they're very tough to beat, they have different
01:49styles of play, different positioning so they can open with three, they can open with four,
01:54they can play with two sixes, one sixes so very fluent and on top of that they have an
02:00amazing individual quality.
02:02No matter who will play tomorrow or on Saturday, if Diaz doesn't play then Gagbo will play,
02:11if Jota doesn't play then Nunez will play, if Salah doesn't play then Solskjaer maybe
02:19will play. They are different players, different qualities, great qualities and it will be
02:29not easy to defend them individually so we have to go there as a team and try to challenge
02:36them in every different phase of the game.
02:41A Brighton and Hove Albion sports writer and we're here outside of the Lansing training
02:46centre here where we've just come out of the press conference for the Liverpool Carabao
02:50Cup game at home on Wednesday. So Deron, what did you make of Fabian Herzler's comments?
02:58I thought there was obviously a bit of reaction because they just let a two goal lead slip
03:04against Wolves and I think he was wary of that and I think that would have been playing
03:10on the players' minds this week as they prepare for that Liverpool game.
03:14Obviously the main news that came out of it as well is that the skipper Lewis Dunk, he's
03:18out potentially for three to four weeks with this calf injury so he's definitely going
03:23to miss tonight's game. He could potentially miss the game to Anfield as well in the Premier
03:28League where they play Liverpool as well and then also the Manchester City game so that's
03:33a big blow for Brighton considering Adam Webster's already out, Jean-Paul Van Geck is a bit dodgy
03:39still with his groin issue that he's just working his way back from. So they're a little
03:44bit light on centre backs going into this game so I think that's going to be a concern
03:48for him.
03:49And you were at that Wolves game, what did you think of the Brighton performance? I know
03:54that it was a really disappointing result at the end but do you think that there were
03:57any glimmers of hope that could lead us into a really tough game here against Liverpool?
04:03Yeah for sure. For 85 minutes they were pretty good. Wolves were very competitive. In the
04:09second half in particular they asked Brighton quite a few questions and I think Brighton
04:14just sat back a little bit. They were a bit passive and as Herlitz alluded to in the press
04:18conference they just weren't quite at it enough in the second half. And especially after they
04:23got that second goal they went to sleep basically. So I think the problems there are easy to
04:30fix. It's just getting that, making sure that they're concentrated and making sure that
04:34intensity is there. And I'm sure that would be drummed into the players this week. And
04:38I think they've got a good chance to really go for this Liverpool team who may put out
04:43a weakened team in the Carabao Cup. So I think it's a good opportunity for Brighton to really
04:48go for it, make an impact on this Carabao Cup and perhaps if you get into the later
04:54stages, quarter-finals, semi-finals then you could perhaps look at a first piece of silverware
04:58for Brighton. And I think that's the mindset that they're going to have to take into this.
05:02Definitely. And one final one from me is, did Fabian seem like he was taking this seriously?
05:08Obviously Liverpool are going to be without a few players. They're playing this a back-to-back
05:13game. One in the Cup, one in the league on the weekend. Do you think that he's really
05:18looking to make his name and make this a really tough side for Liverpool to face?
05:22I do. I do. And particularly because they haven't got any European football this year
05:26as well. Whereas last year they were playing European football, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, Premier
05:30League and it just took its toll on the squad. I think now they've got a strong squad. Whichever
05:36team they put out is going to be very competitive and I think they can really go for it in this
05:40Carabao Cup. They haven't got to worry about the FA Cup until a little bit later on. I
05:45think the squad is in a good place, other than what we mentioned about the centre-backs.
05:48I think they've got so many options going forward as well. Jankuba Minte, he's an option,
05:53he's fit again. Simon Odinga, they've got Brian Gruder who can come in. Julio Enciso
05:58wants to make his mark on the team as well. Evan Ferguson scored against Wolves. So I
06:03think there's lots of reasons for Brighton to be optimistic going into this one and to
06:07really go for it in the Carabao Cup.
06:09Fantastic. Thanks Deron. And you can check out our match coverage for tomorrow's game
06:14on Sussex World.