Brighton Must Improve After Suffering First Defeat of the Season, Says Hurzeler

Baleba has had an outstanding start to the season, featuring in every game except for the opener against Everton. Despite being considered a youngster, he has managed to score 2 goals and provide 2 assists in just 7 appearances. However, the German manager believes that there is still room for improvement in his performance.

“He is still very young, he played a lot of games. I think in the end he gets a little tired but we need to help him.  

“We need to improve him. I think we are a very young squad. We were really young on the pitch.  

“Therefore, we know that mistakes happen. But again, we shouldn’t repeat the mistakes twice.  

“Also, Carlos is one of the young players we try to help and try to give him the environment where he can improve.”  

Brighton are known for their young squad which against Chelsea had six of the side aged 24 or younger including the likes of Baleba.

“We try to help the individual players to improve and to be honest to ourselves," added the manager.  

“If something bad happens, do not try to see only the positive things, also go discuss the negative things.  

“When you concede a goal at Stamford Bridge, 1-1, the crowd is getting loud, to stay then in a structure, to stay then compact. To take responsibility on the pitch and I think we missed that.”