Brajan Gruda might make his Brighton & Hove Albion debut in opposition to Tottenham at Amex Stadium on Sunday (4.30pm BST), Seagulls supervisor Fabian Hurzeler has mentioned.
Germany Below-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 mentioned: “They skilled very effectively this week. They may be an possibility 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 also be an possibility for this weekend. There’s optimistic and unfavorable information however, on the whole, 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 residence to Nottingham Forest and Ipswich City and at Arsenal.
“There have been some optimistic issues, particularly in possession,” mentioned Hurzeler, whose facet had 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 have now to study from it, I’ve to study from it.
“I used to be the accountable individual for the match plan and the match plan wasn’t adequate. 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 method.
“I respect him lots,” mentioned Hurzeler. “Not solely due to how he performs, the entity of Tottenham, the model of play – it’s spectacular – but in addition, as an individual, he’s very humble, very well mannered. I’m actually wanting ahead to assembly him and competing in opposition to him.
“It’s essential after defeat that you’re sincere with your self, you replicate on your self: what was good, what was not good within the recreation.
“In the event you lose a recreation, in fact, there are extra unfavorable factors. We have now analysed the unfavorable factors and mentioned with the group about tha.”
