Seagulls must learn from slow start

[PA Media] It's been a busy start to the 2026-27 campaign for Brighton and Fabian Hurzeler must now begin to prepare for a packed schedule of domestic and European football. Although the Seagulls will wait until October for their Conference League league phase to start, Hurzeler's side has endured a flurry of mixed results in their opening five games of the season. After a bruising 4-3 loss at Stamford Bridge to transfer-foes Chelsea , Brighton were lucky to escape with a 1-1 draw at home to Leeds . Former Seagulls midfielder Warren Aspinall told BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast Leeds "should have scored more" when they were dominating the early stages of the game. "We always say when teams are on top, punish the opposition. We got going in the last half an hour, and we were the better team," said Aspinall. Brighton had a stronghold of 67.1% possession throughout the game, and attempted a total of 522 passes compared to Leeds' 252. Aspinall added: "I don't think it is possession, it is the energy, then move the ball with a purpose instead of going sideways and back. You're never going to hurt anybody doing that." A Luka Vuskovic goal salvaged a point for Brighton and the equaliser will be deemed extremely valuable as Hurzeler's side have the most injuries of any Premier League team at this stage of the season. As it stands, Brighton have 10 players ruled out by injury, with the likes of Georginio Rutter, Jack Hinshelwood and Kaoru Mitoma all unavailable. Listen to Albion Unlimited below or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to get each episode into your My Sounds feed. Explore all Brighton content on BBC Sounds Listen to every Brighton game live on BBC Radio Sussex, with all the build-up and full commentary with Johnny Cantor and Warren Aspinall, and there is a full preview of all Seagulls' matches on Fridays at 18:00 in The Weekend Warm-up [BBC]