Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler praises Andoni Iraola before Bournemouth clash - 'I've followed him'

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Fabian Hurzeler praised the Bournemouth manager before the seagulls travel away to the Vitality Stadium this weekend.

Brighton travel away to AFC Bournemouth on Saturday, November 23 in a Premier League clash.

The last time the seagulls faced Bournemouth, it was near the end of Roberto De Zerbi’s time at the club, a thumping 3-0 defeat away.

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In a pre-match press conference before the Premier League clash, the Brighton boss commented on AFC Bournemouth’s manager Andoni Iraola

Fabian Huerzeler, Manager of Brighton & Hove Albion praised AFC Bournemouth's manager before they face each other on Saturday. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)Fabian Huerzeler, Manager of Brighton & Hove Albion praised AFC Bournemouth's manager before they face each other on Saturday. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
Fabian Huerzeler, Manager of Brighton & Hove Albion praised AFC Bournemouth's manager before they face each other on Saturday. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Fabian Hurzeler said: “I’m a big fan of (Iraola) and influencing the things that you can influence on the pitch and I always say how much you run, how much high speed you do and how much sprints you do you can influence.

"It’s a style of play and that’s why I’ve followed him already since he started at Bournemouth, especially in Germany because it was a big thing that he improved his team with these things that you influence.

"In the table of running, these high-speed sprints distances, (Bournemouth) immediately went to top three and by doing this they improve their results of his club and that’s why I’ve got a lot of respect for how he made his impact on Bournemouth and now he’s also improve their style of play whilst in play.

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"They have clear patterns they have very good one-against-one players, they can press intensely and have a good turnover, especially in the opponents half.

"They also can play against the low block so, great development, great coach, I already met him at the meeting with all the coaches and he’s a great personality, so it will be a very big challenge to face him.”

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