{"id":295732,"date":"2023-10-09T23:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295732"},"modified":"2023-10-09T23:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:47:23","slug":"brighton-manager-roberto-de-zerbi-shows-a-touch-of-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/brighton-manager-roberto-de-zerbi-shows-a-touch-of-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi shows a touch of class"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi shows a touch of class as he encourages a standing ovation from fans for Liverpool star and former Seagull Alexis Mac Allister<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Former Brighton midfielder Alexis Mac Allister joined Liverpool for \u00a335m\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The Argentina player received a hero&#8217;s welcome after winning the World Cup<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi showed his class when he brought Alexis Mac Allister over to the home fans after Brighton&#8217;s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MacAllister swapped the south coast for Merseyside over the summer for a fee of \u00a335m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Argentina international won the World Cup while he was at the club, but has been relatively inconsistent since joining the Reds.<\/p>\n<p>However Brighton boss De Zerbi made sure he felt the love from fans on his return to the Amex Stadium, walking him over to the fans to recieve an ovation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MacAllister made 112 appearances and scored 20 goals for Brighton in a successful spell at the club after signing from Argentinos Juniors in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/23\/76357623-12612197-image-a-41_1696892029906.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi asked fans to give former Brighton star Alexis Mac Allister a standing ovation after their 2-2 draw with Liverpool<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/23\/76357663-12612197-image-a-42_1696892114412.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mac Allister left Brighton to join Liverpool for \u00a335million in the summer transfer window<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>However he did not have his best of games, with a miscommunication between the midfielder and Virgil van Dijk helping Simon Adingra break the deadlock for the hosts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, former boss de Zerbi walked him around the stadium with Brighton fans applauding the 24-year-old and MacAllister clapping back in emotional scenes.<\/p>\n<p>MacAllister seems to be adapting well to Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s style of play, despite being utilised in a deeper role than he would be used to.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has made ten appearances for Liverpool, with two of those coming in the Europa League, but is yet to score his first goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His manager defended him after the game insisting: &#8216;The most difficult thing to do is to make a mistake against your old team and then come back in the game like he did,&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Adding: &#8216;Mistakes happen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/22\/76355901-12612197-image-a-15_1696888462339.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp has defended his Argentinian midfielder after his mistake away against Brighton<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12612197\/Brighton-manager-Roberto-Zerbi-shows-touch-class-encourages-standing-ovation-fans-former-Seagull-Alexis-MacAllister.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi shows a touch of class as he encourages a standing ovation from fans for Liverpool <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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