Brighton 1-1 Southampton: Russell Martin and Fabian Hurzeler claim lack of respect after facing each other | Football News

Southampton coach Russell Martin and Brighton coach Fabian Hurzeler duked it out at the end of a bad-tempered, controversial 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium.

Both bosses accused each other of a lack of respect after Saints were denied a priceless win by a VAR decision in the second half.

Flynn Downes had just equalized Kaoru Mitoma’s opener when Cameron Archer converted a cross from Saints substitute Ryan Fraser.

A review lasting more than four minutes ultimately ruled that Archer was offside, but then penalized Adam Armstrong, who was offside but did not touch the ball, for interfering with play.

The official statement was that Armstrong was in an offside position and “apparently interfered with Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen’s ability to play the ball.”

After 13 minutes of stoppage time, in which Brighton’s Simon Adingra hit a post, both substitutes’ benches exchanged composure.

The coaches were also suspended during the game; Hurzeler for waving an imaginary yellow card in the first half and Martin for his reaction to further protests from the Brighton boss after a foul by Downes, who had a yellow card and was probably lucky to still be on the pitch.

When asked about Downes not receiving a second yellow card, Hurzeler said: “That’s exactly what I said at halftime, and then he fouls again.

“There is no explanation for this and this is something that changes the game. It changes the game at Bournemouth (when Brighton’s Baleba was sent off) in the other direction.”

“Today the game could change in our direction, but here in England you have to be very careful what you say because my yellow card is also something that I cannot understand and I have to adapt to that here.”

When asked about his confrontation with Martin during full-time, the German said: “For me it’s just important to have respect for each other.

“It’s so important to respect each other, how you talk to each other on the sidelines, I think that’s the most important thing and that’s how I’m educated.”

Martin was clearly unimpressed by his opponent’s antics on the sidelines.

“The manager decided to say something about respect,” he said. “I have never seen a coach try to sign so many players. Respect is mutual. It’s reciprocal.”

Martin is annoyed about Archer’s disallowed goal

Martin was also unhappy with the decision to disallow Archer’s second-half goal.

He told Sky Sports: “I’m just tired of talking about decisions – I just don’t want to be that guy.”

“I really respect how difficult the decision of the referee and the assistant referee is on the pitch, so I understand that maybe they are doing something wrong because in the heat of the moment there is so much going on and it is really difficult, but then it falls “It’s really hard for me to accept that.” because the decision has a lot of meaning on the pitch and is not really clear and obvious, while I think it’s because I was told that Adam Armstrong’s run has an impact on the goalkeeper .

“I’ve seen it many times and gotten a few messages about it.

“We were told it affected Van Hecke’s ability to get the ball, but that’s not the case. The ball goes behind Adam and if Adam’s run had at all distracted Verbruggen from his position to deal with Arma (Archer), I would understand the decision, but he didn’t move, the ball goes behind Adam and I can’t see how this affects the goalkeeper, I really can’t.

“He actually takes a step away from Adam in this way. So if I understand the game and play it a lot, the interpretation, and that’s the point of VAR, I’d rather the guy make a mistake on the pitch and we can do that.” Everyone plays afterward, no problem, but if They take so much time to look at it, so on Sunday when the score was 2-1 (in the 3-2 loss to Liverpool) with Adam Armstrong having a penalty decision against us, I still think it was a penalty is, and me and Howard (Webb) will argue forever about what we have, which is like a problem when you have so much time to look at it.

“The interpretation is still so subjective, so I think it’s still human error because they look at it and make a mistake. Now the mistake is that it’s not clear and obvious enough to correct, so even if what I’m saying is right, I think that’s it, and the people who played the game , probably understand it, but now it’s not clear and obvious enough to correct because the decision carries weight on the field, so I’m upset about it, as you can probably tell, and frustrated , I think everyone would But I’m very happy with the performance and really proud of my players.

“Minimal decision, but tough”

Ex-Brighton midfielder Steve Sidwell in conversation with Sky Sports:

“If you are a Southampton fan, staff or player you would be very disappointed.

“I understand what they’re saying when it comes to Armstrong making a run and whatever his movement is, and it’s a movement where the ball is behind him so he’s trying to heel it here hit, he knows he ran too far forward, that’s him.” I try to stop it.

“If he gets any connection with that ball it will have an impact on where he goes then. So Verbruggen is actually waiting there for some kind of connection from Armstrong, so you can see his eyes there because he’s watching the ball closely as it goes by. “So I expect it to influence Verbruggen’s decision-making until the end when the ball is in the net lands.

Izzy Christensen from Sky Sports:

“It’s an incredibly bitter pill to swallow for Southampton. I feel bad for them because it shows how they got back into the game.”

“There seemed to be real hunger and energy in the way they played and we’re talking good margins here.”

“Cameron Archer is offside but it is Armstrong who is slightly offside and that is why the decision was made that way but the ball is behind him and he is trying to hit it with his back heel.”

“It’s minimal but tough. It’s taken them a while to come to this decision and being in the Southampton dressing room right now it’s a bitter pill to swallow.”