Brighton booked their place within the third spherical of the Carabao Cup however Fabian Hurzeler has slammed the “ridiculous” foul that injured new signing Matt O’Riley.
Midfielder O’Riley was compelled off lower than 10 minutes into his debut following his transfer from Celtic following a crunching deal with from the unpunished Jay Williams, and can now bear a scan on Wednesday.
Brighton shook off the early damage blow, although, to comfortably dispatch Crawley in a 4-0 win.
Scott Lindsey’s Purple Devils put up a courageous battle and gave a high-quality account of themselves in opposition to a much-changed Seagulls aspect.
Targets from Simon Adingra and Jeremy Sarmiento put Brighton in cost, they usually scored twice extra within the house of two minutes by way of Adam Webster and Mark O’Mahony earlier than Crawley substitute Jack Roles was proven a straight crimson card within the final minute.
Brighton, contemporary from beating Manchester United for the fifth time in six Premier League video games, fielded a totally completely different beginning line-up.
Boss Fabian Hurzeler insisted that preparation could be as for a Premier League recreation, and midfielder O’Riley was drafted in for his debut.
O’Riley is injured on his Brighton debut
Ronan Darcy had the ball within the internet for Crawley however was in an offside place as the sport started with Crawley profitable the 50-50 balls.
The guests threatened when Darcy noticed a swerving shot parried by goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen earlier than Josh Flint raced by way of and had a goalbound shot blocked.
However the Seagulls broke the impasse in opposition to the run of play within the thirty first minute when Carlos Baleba fed Adingra and though ‘keeper Jojo Wollacott made a partial block from the striker’s shot, the ball spun into the nook of the web.
Brighton doubled their lead on the counter assault solely three minutes after the restart, with Sarmiento giving Wollacott no probability with a left-footed end after good play by Julio Enciso.
Enciso ought to have performed higher when his tame shot was deflected for a nook after a strong run by defender Tariq Lamptey. Crawley boss Lindsey made a triple substitution simply earlier than the hour which included skipper Williams being changed by Charlie Barker.
Sarmiento appeared set to attain once more after 62 minutes however his goalbound shot was blocked on the road earlier than Junior Quitirna headed a superb probability vast on the different finish.
Crawley continued to create clear-cut alternatives and substitute Ade Adeyemo put an angled shot vast earlier than Panutche Camara missed Darcy’s cross sliding in on the far put up.
The League One aspect once more posed a menace when substitute Roles let fly with a fierce shot from the sting of the realm and keeper Verbruggen was compelled into a superb save.
However Brighton wrapped up victory by scoring twice within the house of two minutes, captain Webster heading a 3rd earlier than O’Mahony stroked dwelling from 12 yards 4 minutes from time.
The tie ended controversially with midfielder Roles being proven a crimson card by referee Alex Chilowicz for bringing down Yasin Ayari.
Hurzeler slams ‘ridiculous’ foul that injured O’Riley
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Brighton supervisor Fabian Hurzeler was left livid by the damage to new signing O’Riley following the problem by Williams
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler:
“I think it was a really tough game. I was not happy with the performance. We can play better but you have to win tough, dirty games. It was a tough challenge.
“Ridiculous foul. It has nothing to do with soccer. This example, it modified the sport as afterwards it was emotional. I hope it’s not so unhealthy. I believe it’s simple to apologise, in the long run we won’t repair the participant.
“It’s tough to deal with it but it’s part of football. It shouldn’t be, fouls like this. This is not the way we should behave on the pitch.”
Lindsey apologises for O’Riley problem
Crawley boss Scott Lindsey
“Maybe we were a bit aggressive, maybe the referee missed it [the challenge] and I would like to apologise.
“I would not need anybody to be damage. We’re each passionate in regards to the recreation and we want Brighton all the most effective within the subsequent spherical.”
