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Graham Potter hoping for ‘ketchup effect’ as Brighton look to end winless run

08-Mar-2020 22:30:22 | Four-Four-Two

Boss Graham Potter hopes Brightons ketchup effect will help them cut the mustard in the Premier League.The Seagulls are winless in their last nine top-flight games, drawing six times since their last victory in December.They held Wolves to a goalless draw at Molineux on Saturday to move two points clear of the relegation zone.Brighton face Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City in four of their next five outings but Potter feels they are close to ending their winless run.He said: I hope its the old ketchup effect as they say in Sweden. Its when you hit the bottle and eventually it all splurts out.We need to get points, however they come against whoever they come doesnt matter.We feel we can be competitive against anyone, we have respect for the opposition but we feel we can match teams.We have to get the points against whoever we cant fear it. We have to take the challenge on.Former Swansea manager Potter is in his first season in the Premier League after replacing Chris Hughton last year.He has won seven of his 32 games in charge with Brighton 15th in the table and battling relegation having last won on December 28.Potter said: Id be lying if I said it was enjoyable because its not pleasant but it allows you to challenge yourself in a way you should be grateful for.Life isnt about upward curves all the time and everything isnt a bed of roses.I understand that and I wouldnt have been able to get to this point if I hadnt recovered from setbacks, failures and mistakes.Were keeping a balanced state, act with integrity all the time and represent this great club the best we can.Solly March wasted Brightons best chance on Saturday when he shot over in the second half, while Leander Dendoncker fired over for Wolves.We had the feeling we werent the inferior team on the pitch, sometimes you have to think positively, added Potter.The players have gone through a patch where results havent been as we want but still they are resilient, do the things we are asking, want to fight for each other and they are really good signs.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'}); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By Nick Mashiter, PA'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', 'f4c243b0-86fb-4b68-bad0-cb4b9b850a25'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:club-news,paservice:sport:football'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', 'sport:football'); ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Graham Potter hoping for \u2018ketchup effect\u2019 as Brighton look to end winless run'});