Lewis Dunk is adamant that going toe-to-toe with for 2 hours at Wembley has bolstered the idea that can qualify for Europe through the Premier League. An agonising defeat within the penalty shoot-out on Sunday meant lacking out on the June 3 FA Cup remaining.
However the truth that each finalists will virtually definitely qualify for the Champions League means that there's an additional Europa League place within the Premier League up for grabs. Likewise, Manchester United’s Europa Convention League place for successful the Carabao Cup will as a substitute go to the group ending seventh.
Brighton, presently eighth however with video games in hand on the groups above them, journey to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday earlier than taking over Wolves on the Amex Stadium subsequent weekend. Then, after that comes a nightmare run of fixtures in opposition to the Premier League’s high 4 groups - Manchester United, Arsenal, Newcastle and Manchester Metropolis - of their subsequent six matches earlier than ending the season at Villa Park.
Nevertheless, Dunk - who joined Brighton as an under-12 participant, taking part in in an athletics stadium and just some years after almost going bust on the backside of the league - now believes they're able to compete with the most important groups within the land for Europe. “We now have to go once more on Wednesday,” he mentioned.
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“We now have 9 humongous video games if we need to get into Europe. We'll park this loss and will likely be able to rumble once more. We had been hurting within the altering room afterwards however we should maintain our heads excessive.
“We now have one thing to sit up for. We can't be excited about this for too lengthy and transfer on. We now have received 9 video games to give attention to to get to the place we need to be.
“We're a well-run membership from high to backside. I've been on the journey developing and it has been good to get some reward with the cup run.
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“However I feel we've proven we're capable of compete all yr. We are able to beat anyone on our day and the nice factor now could be that we're at a degree the place we don’t go on the market and concern individuals.
“We used to go on the market generally and we had been simply attempting to maintain the rating down. Each recreation within the Premier League was exhausting. However now we're going on the market with no concern. We don’t concern something within the Premier League.”