From Amex – It is a harsh actuality for many Brighton followers, nevertheless it’s laborious to see midfielder Yves Bissouma staying at Amex for for much longer.
It isn’t to dismiss the Seagulls and their Premier League high quality – they have been affected person with him when he first signed from LOSC Lille 2018 and have given him the platform to carry out extra usually this season.
He began solely 17 and 15 matches within the Premier League in 2018/19 and 2019/20 respectively, however this season the Mali worldwide has improved considerably, together with his journey to Leeds on Saturday as his thirty first of the season.
Leeds midfield struggled with Bissouma all through Pool / Getty Pictures
Saturday’s fixture was the proper step once more for Bissouma to indicate their greatest qualities.
Leeds’ energetic midfield – this time consisting of Robin Koch, Mateusz Klich and Tyler Roberts – was unusually sluggish in the course of the opening interval, permitting Bissouma to dominate central areas together with his combative model and straightforward dribble in the attention.
He doesn’t at all times shoot excessive on the pitch however he did towards United. His purpose document is an space that would positively do with some enchancment, particularly in a workforce that so typically fails to capitalize on their stress and probabilities.
Fortunately for Albion, Danny Welbeck and Neal Maupay have been noticeably sharper than in current weeks and pressed properly early and finally received a penalty that was transformed by Pascal Gross within the 14th minute.
Welbeck and Bissouma rejoice Brighton’s second | Pool / Getty Pictures
So typically Brighton fail to get essentially the most out of the possession and stress that Bissouma and his midfield companions serve for them – that is certainly one of the predominant causes for his or her beforehand low place within the Premier League – however their brightness all Saturday mixed with Leeds’ weak point helped them to a wonderful show that was rounded off by Welbeck’s absurdly improbable flip and ended to safe a 2-0 victory.
Bissouma has every thing a fashionable midfielder in England’s greatest flight wants – he can stand up to stress together with his composed dribbling, as a rule wins his particular person battles and is ranked among the many higher gamers within the division for wiretapping. He made three of the latter towards Leeds.
Liverpool have not too long ago been linked. The Reds might have a substitute for midfield hero Georginio Wijnaldum, who has been closely linked with a summer season transfer to Barcelona to reunite together with his former nationwide workforce supervisor Ronald Koeman at Camp Nou.
Arsenal have additionally been talked about as a possible vacation spot. Thomas Partey was signed within the summer season, and whereas Granit Xhaka and Dani Ceballos have their strengths, their performances are for essentially the most half far too irregular and sometimes fail to provide Mikel Arteta a strong foothold in video games.
Bissouma has been linked with Liverpool and Arsenal’s Clive Mason / Getty Pictures
The platform that Bissouma provides Brighton is so essential – it is simply unlucky for Graham Potter that his ahead choices typically fluff their traces in entrance of purpose. Fortunately on Saturday, they have been sharp sufficient to safe the victory, even when the end result line would have been extra spectacular than 2-0.
If the membership will get an excellent provide for his or her star midfielder within the close to future, followers will most likely wave goodbye and hope {that a} doable substitute may give the identical assurance within the midfield. His calm on the ball can’t be exaggerated and if any high six aspect will get maintain of him within the summer season, they may have a participant who’s greater than comfy enjoying at that stage.
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