Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
ZERBI GOES BANANAS AT VILLA’S BAD TIMINGS
Seagulls boss blasts time wasting after his team is sunk by Danny’s double BRIGHTON 1 ASTON VILLA 2
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FURIOUS Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi claimed he was wrong to think there was always “fair play” in the Premier League after complaining about Aston Villa’s time-wasting.
Defeat to Unai Emery’s streetwise side ended a run of three consecutive wins for the Italian in a tactical battle between the two Latin coaches.
De Zerbi (left), who replaced
Graham Potter in September, was especially unhappy with the visitors running down the clock at the end of the contest.
He said: “I think we always speak about fair play in the Premier League. I didn’t see that today.
“There was a lot of wasting time. Too much wasting time. Before I came here, I thought the people in the Premier League were