Brighton boss Potter mocks media: Football isn't basketball

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7 Apr 2022 • 11:14 PM MYT
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Brighton boss Graham Potter has defended his misfiring side's lack of goals.

Albion have hit the net just once in their last seven Premier League outings, picking up a solitary point and sliding into the bottom half of the table in the process.

Potter, whose team have managed only 26 top-flight goals all season – the third lowest tally in the division, hopes that total can be boosted on Saturday during a trip to Champions League-chasing Arsenal.

“You guys (the media) speak about it a lot and I think it's normal to speak about it but football generally, as I understand the game, it's 90 minutes and it's quite low scoring," the head coach said of the lack of goals.

“Generally most people have a challenge with scoring goals. That's the game of football; we're not playing basketball.

“In training you see the quality of the players but also you understand that the Premier League has Premier League defenders and it's a low scoring game.

“I think there are probably a handful of people that can make the difference in the Premier League, that can score and do something.

“So if there's a handful of people that means that the rest haven't got that and you have to find a way: struggle, get a bit of luck, maximise everything you can to try to score – and that's what we will try to do."


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