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 pressured 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 – however O’Riley’s overshadowed the victory for Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler.
Brighton’s new signing Matt O’Riley goes off injured eight minutes into his debut after a deal with from Crawley City’s Jay Williams
He stated: “I believe it was a very powerful sport. I used to be not proud of the efficiency. We will play higher however you need to win powerful, soiled video games. It was a troublesome problem.
“Ridiculous foul. It has nothing to do with soccer. This case, it modified the sport as afterwards it was emotional. I hope it’s not so dangerous. I believe it’s simple to apologise, in the long run we won’t repair the participant.
“It is powerful to cope with it however it’s a part of soccer. It should not be, fouls like this. This isn’t the way in which we should always behave on the pitch.”
Brighton supervisor Fabian Hurzeler was left livid by the harm to new signing O’Riley following the problem by Williams
Crawley boss Scott Lindsey apologised for Williams’ deal with on O’Riley.
He stated: “Perhaps we had been a bit aggressive, possibly the referee missed it [the challenge] and I wish to apologise.
“I would not need anybody to be harm. We’re each passionate in regards to the sport and we want Brighton all the most effective within the subsequent spherical.”
How Brighton shook off O’Riley harm to ease previous Crawley
Lindsey’s Crimson Devils put up a courageous battle and gave a positive account of themselves towards a much-changed Seagulls facet.
Targets from Simon Adingra and Jeremy Sarmiento put Brighton in cost, they usually scored twice extra within the area of two minutes by 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 very totally different beginning line-up.
Boss Fabian Hurzeler insisted that preparation could be as for a Premier League sport, 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 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 probability with a left-footed end after good play by Julio Enciso.
Enciso ought to have completed higher when his tame shot was deflected for a nook after a robust 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 probability broad on the different finish.
Crawley continued to create clear-cut alternatives and substitute Ade Adeyemo put an angled shot broad earlier than Panutche Camara missed Darcy’s cross sliding in on the far put up.
The League One facet once more posed a risk when substitute Roles let fly with a fierce shot from the sting of the world and keeper Verbruggen was pressured into a very good save.
However Brighton wrapped up victory by scoring twice within the area of two minutes, captain Webster heading a 3rd earlier than O’Mahony stroked house 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.
