'I didn't like it': Brutally honest Roberto De Zerbi not completely satisfied after dominant win at Chelsea - with some stern words for match winner Julio Enciso
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Substitutes Danny Welbeck and Julio Enciso scored as Albion came from behind to add more misery on Frank Lampard’s Chelsea.
It was a thoroughly dominant performance by Albion, who should have been out of sight by half-time.
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Hide AdParaguay international Enciso, 19 – who impressed after replacing the injured Joel Veltman – ensured Brighton didn’t rue their missed chances with a sensational long-range strike. Click here to watch the goal.
De Zerbi was asked post-match if the performance was better than that at the Amex, in October - when Albion beat Graham Potter’s Chelsea 4-1.
"Yes you are right,” he said. “We are used to analysing the game depending on the result but I think we played better today than the last game at the Amex.
“You can play a lot of ways. There is not only one way to play or win. You have to decide what to do and what you have to be.
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Hide Ad"We like playing in this style. We believe in this type of play. We showed a very good quality.”
However, De Zerbi revealed that he wasn’t entirely satisfied with the performance – specifically the final ten minutes of the game when his team were leading.
He said: “We could play better in the last ten minutes. This is a problem of mentality when we scored the second goal.
"We [failed] to finish the game. I spoke to my players about this after the game. If we want to become bigger, we have to improve in this aspect."
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Hide AdThe Italian had some particular stern words for the hero of the hour, Enciso.
"Enciso is a good, good player,” De Zerbi said. “But I didn't like him after the goal.
"He finished to play and he has to play until the end of the game. If we concede a goal and don't win, the people will forget his goal.”
De Zerbi said Brighton are ‘improving’ all the time, adding that ‘the idea is better and clear’.
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Hide AdHe said: "To play that way in Stamford Bridge, we have to have a clear idea and big, big personality.
"But the mentality is to play in this way after the second goal. I am honest and in the last ten minutes, I didn't like it.”
On whether there is extra motivation to beat Chelsea after the recent history, De Zerbi said: “No, I have a big motivation for the target we have to follow.
“I said a lot of times I am lucky to be a coach of Brighton and of these players.
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Hide Ad"I have to say thanks to Graham Potter. I found a very big and very strong team. Then I am working and trying to give my idea.”