De Zerbi took charge of Brighton in 2022 and now leading the team in the Premier League. Presently Brighton is performing their best-ever finish. They qualified for Europe for the first time last season. On this occasion, Liverpool’s Juergen Klopp praised Albion coach Roberto De Zerbi. He said that he could never set his teams up to play similarly.
When De Zerbi took charge Liverpool was the first team to face. That time it was a 3-3 draw. Klopp said in a recent interview, “We go for three points, that is clear. But we know how difficult it is against Brighton. Roberto is doing an incredible job there, it’s a different game against Brighton,”
Klopp also added, “We were the first opponents when Roberto arrived and we had no idea what to expect. It was quite impressive how quickly he got the team playing in his way. Since then it only got better.”
Brighton has several team problems and De Zerbi successfully tackled those issues. Klopp said about this point, “It’s about having possession, we need to have more possession than in recent games against them. It’s not a normal pressing game, it goes against our rhythm so we have to break their rhythm.”
He added, “The way they play, I couldn’t coach that. It goes against my personality, but it’s a good watch. It’s very demanding on the players… On their day, they can beat any team. But the good news is we can do that as well.”
Klopp said, “It’s all tricky and everybody needs luck with injuries, we didn’t have it until now but hopefully the boys are coming back. We need them. Then it’s about finding a way to win the game.”
Then he continued, “We have found a way which is good for us to play. Before the (international) break we had games against Manchester City and Manchester United. In parts of those, we played some of our best football of the season. Now we are back.”