Brighton boss De Zerbi: I will NOT meet with referees again!

Football
19 Feb 2023 • 8:20 AM MYT
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Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi explained being sent off in defeat to Fulham.

Manor Solomon struck late for the visitors as De Zerbi was dismissed for dissent.

He said, "Because I told the referee that this week we had a meeting with his boss (Howard Webb) and I lost time and lost time in my work and my job because I think the level of refereeing in the Premier League is very bad.

"To progress we have to be with a different attitude. The referee today wasn't in good attitude. But it's not a problem, I didn't say any bad words but I told him my opinion.

"I lost time. I lost time in my work to prepare my team. It was the last time I will have a meeting.

"I'm not angry because we played a fantastic game. This is our way, we have to follow it. We had many chances to score, we suffered nothing but we know very well how football can be and there are these type of games where you have a lot of chances to score but in the end you lose the game.

"I'm not frustrated but it's my opinion about the referee.

"When I speak about referees I speak about in terms of attitude. He was not very clear in his attitude.

"I don't want to explain more but I wanted to explain my red card."