Brighton & Hove Albion manager Roberto De Zerbi reckons his high-flying side suffered from a mental block in their shock 5-1 thrashing at home to Everton.
The emphatic victory saw Sean Dyche’s side climb out of the relegation zone against a side who are seventh in the Premier League having already eclipsed their points total from last season when they finished ninth to achieve the highest position in the club’s history. De Zerbi said: “Of course we can lose the game, we can lose against Everton but I’m disappointed with the first half because we showed we are not yet ready to compete to achieve the big target. I’m speaking about mentality, not other things, not other parts of football.
“It’s not easy because playing the last period of three games in a row per week is difficult if you’re not used to playing so many games but if you want to improve and you want to fix our target higher, we have to improve very fast.
