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 endure a scan on Wednesday.
Brighton shook off the early harm blow, although, to comfortably dispatch Crawley in a 4-0 win.
Scott Lindsey’s Crimson Devils put up a courageous combat and gave a fantastic account of themselves towards a much-changed Seagulls facet.
Objectives from Simon Adingra and Jeremy Sarmiento put Brighton in cost, they usually scored twice extra within the house of two minutes via Adam Webster and Mark O’Mahony earlier than Crawley substitute Jack Roles was proven a straight purple card within the final minute.
Brighton, recent 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 via and had a goalbound shot blocked.
However the Seagulls broke the impasse towards 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 likelihood with a left-footed end after good play by Julio Enciso.
Enciso ought to have executed 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 very good likelihood huge on the different finish.
Crawley continued to create clear-cut alternatives and substitute Ade Adeyemo put an angled shot huge earlier than Panutche Camara missed Darcy’s cross sliding in on the far publish.
The League One facet once more posed a menace when substitute Roles let fly with a fierce shot from the sting of the world and keeper Verbruggen was compelled into a very good 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 purple 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 harm 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 isn’t so dangerous. I feel it’s straightforward to apologise, ultimately 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 very best within the subsequent spherical.”
