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Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler believes the Seagulls' next two Premier League games against title challengers Liverpool and Manchester City will show how ready his team are to "challenge the establishment".

Hurzeler's side have lost only once in the league this season and they are sixth in the table before a trip to Anfield on Saturday.

"Now we can prove to ourselves how far we are as a team and how ready we are to really challenge the establishment," said Hurzeler.

"In the end, that's where we want to go, that's the ambition from the club. That's our responsibility to show it individually and also as a group if we are ready or not."

Jack Hinshelwood, who came off the bench for Brighton in Wednesday's Carabao Cup loss to Liverpool, told BBC Radio Sussex: "It's a massive game, going to Anfield is a tough place to go. We want to go there and challenge these big teams.

"It's what we set out to do this season, we don't want to just be making up the numbers, we want to make our own stamp on the game and earn some points."

Brighton boss Dario Vidosic has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Women's Super League game against Leicester (kick-off 14:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• The players who have returned from international will be assessed on Friday, but Vidosic said there was no cause for concern in terms of injuries and fitness.

• Jelena Cankovic won't be available to face Leicester, but she could be back to face Arsenal or West Ham.

• They are waiting for scan results for Pauline Bremer, but she will be out for "a couple of weeks at most".

• On Kiko Seike winning the Asian Football Confederation women's player of the year, Vidosic said she has been "really, really good" while also adapting to a new language and challenges of a new league.

• He said it is "awesome to see" a new broadcast deal in place for the WSL.

• The Brighton boss expects a tough game against a "resilient" Leicester, whose "defence is very, very good".

• Vidosic hopes Nikita Parris can find a way back into the England squad, adding: "All she can do is put in her best performances and give their coaching staff as big of a headache as possible and make it difficult to leave her out."

Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Liverpool (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Matt O'Riley and Joao Pedro have returned to training and could be in contention for the game at Anfield.

• Ferdi Kadioglu "is not that bad" following Wednesday's game against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup and Hurzeler hopes he will also be available.

• On O'Riley, who was injured on his debut in August: "We didn't expect him to be back this quickly but we have great experts in our medical team. He's worked hard in rehab and he's a very good character. We're looking forward to having him on the pitch."

• He expects Simon Adingra, who scored on Wednesday, to be "ready" to play again this weekend despite only just coming back from injury.

• On his post-match comments about being ruthless: "It is just about avoiding mistakes because Liverpool will punish them. We had plenty of chances but we just needed the last consequence to score. Small details which make a difference in the end."

• He said "this group is very intelligent" and "they have the will to improve and learn, which is special".

• On the difference between playing home and away: "In general you want to keep the same style but at some points you have to make adaptations. We try to focus on our style of play and dominate in possession and do this away from home as well as at home."

• He is hopeful his side "can learn from their mistakes" in the cup loss to get a result against Arne Slot's side in the Premier League.

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We asked for your thoughts after Wednesday's League Cup game between Brighton and Liverpool.

Here are some of your comments:

Brighton fans

John: Brighton played some decent stuff against a brilliant Liverpool side who counter attack at such place they are very hard to deal with. There are still players trying to bed in at Brighton and Gruda looks very good, but Wieffer is still off the pace and Moder needs a new club.

Cliff: Simple mistakes seem to be the story of our game just lately and giving away possession at crucial moments in dangerous areas. We need to concentrate in these rare moments.

Steve: Once again a Brighton manager put out a weak team. No wonder we have never got to the quarter-finals because clearly the league always come first.

Joe: Feels like a missed opportunity by the manager putting out the starting XI he did. Questionable first round of defensive substitutions when already two goals down. The less said about Wieffer the better.

Liverpool fans

Clifford: The changes made in the Liverpool back four were too much and it upset the balance. It could have been a different result.

Ken: Great win against a very dangerous team that never gives up. We gave the ball away too much and at times looked careless. Our determination to win and the fantastic skills of Gakpo and Diaz were the difference. Why didn't Brighton have Mitoma and Welbeck on as starters though? Exciting match which was a joy to watch.

Keith: Impressed with us for the majority of the game in what was on paper an extremely tough tie. Arne Slot goes from strength to strength but his managerial mettle will be tested by the task of making Quansah the finished article as he remains error prone. Decent draw for quarters too.

Glen: Second half we were in control but we kept letting Brighton back in with silly mistakes. Our back-up players need to be more clinical in their approach.

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Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler, speaking to the media after exiting the League Cup:

"It's disappointing to be knocked out of the cup but we were not ruthless enough, and I think that was the difference.

"Liverpool scored at the right moments. They scored out of nowhere with an unbelievable shot. They had the timing on their side today and we were not able to reply at the right moments.

"We had a lot of positive things but of course also negative things, otherwise you wouldn't lose the match.

"We have to analyse it, we have to give feedback and then we try to keep going."

Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalist

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This was a bit of a strange game in that at half-time it looked like we'd be lucky to see one goal, let alone five.

But the opener by Cody Gakpo seemed to spark Brighton into life and things could have turned out differently but for some poor defending in the build up to each of Liverpool's goals.

But there are positives to take from the game as they showed good fight to almost come back from two-goals down, while Tariq Lamptey's goal was his first in two years.

A League Cup dream may be over for Brighton but they have the chance to gain swift revenge over the Reds when they travel to Anfield in the Premier League at the weekend.

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The Carabao Cup quarter-final line-up will be completed on Wednesday, with the six remaining fourth-round ties being played.

• Brighton v Liverpool (19:30)

• Aston Villa v Crystal Palace

• Man Utd v Leicester

• Newcastle v Chelsea - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Preston v Arsenal

• Tottenham v Man City (20:15) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Kick-off times 19:45 GMT unless stated

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