Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira believes Roberto De Zerbi’s success at Brighton should not be a surprise to anyone who has followed the Italian’s career.Albion travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday having picked up 10 points from their last five Premier League games, most recently beating Bournemouth via in-form Kaoru Mitoma’s last-gasp winner.While the Seagulls have added 21 points since De Zerbi took over from Graham Potter in September, Vieira suggested Brighton’s surge to sixth in the table has as much to do with the club’s strong DNA as it does the man in the manager’s chair.He said: “I think a new manager when he’s coming to a football club is always going to bring new ideas and try to change a couple of things, but the philosophy I think is still the same.“This is a team who loves to have possession, tries to find those players between the lines and to create overloads to expose the opposition team. Legendplay
Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira believes Roberto De Zerbi’s success at Brighton should not be a surprise to anyone who has followed the Italian’s career.Albion travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday having picked up 10 points from their last five Premier League games, most recently beating Bournemouth via in-form Kaoru Mitoma’s last-gasp winner.While the Seagulls have added 21 points since De Zerbi took over from Graham Potter in September, Vieira suggested Brighton’s surge to sixth in the table has as much to do with the club’s strong DNA as it does the man in the manager’s chair.He said: “I think a new manager when he’s coming to a football club is always going to bring new ideas and try to change a couple of things, but the philosophy I think is still the same.“This is a team who loves to have possession, tries to find those players between the lines and to create overloads to expose the opposition team. UBP