🚨🗣️ Jamie Carragher on Fabian Hürzeler claiming Brighton were the only team trying to win the game: “Honestly, I think that’s a ridiculous thing for a manager to come out and say. What does he mean there was only one team trying to win? Does the opposition have to play the way Brighton want them to play before their effort counts?” “This is the Premier League. Nobody owes you space, nobody owes you an open game, and nobody has to play into your hands just because you want to dominate possession.” “I’ve watched teams come to Anfield, sit deep, defend for their lives and leave with three points. Were they not trying to win? Of course they were! They had a plan, they stuck to it, and they got the result they wanted.” “Sometimes I think managers get too caught up in how they want football to look rather than what the game is actually about. You don’t get extra points for having more possession or making more passes. You get points for scoring goals.” “And if Brighton couldn’t break their opponents down, perhaps Hürzeler should be asking himself why, instead of suggesting the other team wasn’t interested in winning.” “You can praise your players without disrespecting the opposition. Because from where I’m sitting, this sounds more like frustration than analysis.” “At some point, we have to stop confusing playing attractive football with playing winning football.”