‘It’s nice people are talking about us but we need to improve’, says Brighton’s Guro Bergsvand.

BRIGHTON being arsenic entertaining arsenic Barcelona would entreaty to Albion centre-back Guro Bergsvand.

Certain aspects of the Seagulls’ play person prompted comparisons betwixt their attack and the Catalan giants' playing style.

Manchester City brag Gareth Taylor, whose squad bushed Barcelona successful a Champions League clash 10 days ago, talked of some sides being akin successful “trying to overload the midfield”. 

While Bergsvand, 30, takes that arsenic a compliment, she thinks determination is country for betterment for Dario Vidosic’s broadside who big Man United at the Amex today. 

She said: “It’s bully radical are talking astir america but we request to amended a spot more. 

“We privation to play entertaining football.

"That’s thing that Dario has been saying and we privation radical to travel and ticker and bask watching america play. 

“Barcelona play entertaining shot and that’s what we privation to do”

While Brighton lost the services of prima striker Elisabeth Terland, who sealed a Red Devils escaped transportation successful July, goals person not been excessively hard to travel by. 

The imperishable additions of trophy-winning forwards Nikita Parris and Fran Kirby and striker Keiko Seike, who won September’s WSL Player of the Month award, person helped boost the team's attack. 

Loan swoops for Arsenal and Barcelona starlets Michelle Agyemang and Bruna Vilamala person besides contributed to 12 goals scored successful 5 games successful each contests with the squad presently fourth.

Underpinning caller results is the antiaircraft graft of Bergsvand, her centre-back pal Maria Thorisdottir and full-backs Poppy Pattinson and Jorelyn Carabali. 

Two cleanable sheets successful 4 league games and 3 wins person contributed to their best-ever commencement to a WSL play astatine this stage.

A stark opposition to the struggles of the past 2 seasons with Albion astatine times dragged into scraps for top-flight endurance earlier finishing eleventh and ninth.

Bergsvand, who joined past January, from Norwegian broadside SK Brann, added: “It’s nicer to triumph than to lose. Hopefully, we’ll support this going. 

“I’ve enjoyed the play truthful acold but I cognize that things tin change, that’s wherefore it’s truthful important to beryllium connected apical of your crippled and we privation to improve. 

“This league is truthful competitory truthful you request to beryllium connected top, if not your rivals are going to bushed you.”

Bergsvand and Thorisdottir volition request to beryllium astatine the apical of their crippled erstwhile they travel face-to-face with their Norway pal and erstwhile Albion team-mate Terland. 

The ex-Seagulls striker, who has been likened to Erling Haaland by United brag Marc Skinner, visits her aged broadside for the archetypal clip successful the league since her Manchester move. 

And the Red Devils main has backed Terland to show what helium describes arsenic a Terminator-style instinct successful beforehand of goal.

Skinner said: "If you look astatine the mode the Terminator would spot successful the movie, and it is similar you're narrowing down the angle.

"That's however I spot Lizzie's encephalon moving due to the fact that she's truthful ruthless successful those moments.”

Bergsvand adds: “She is simply a bully player, a bully finisher and arsenic a person I privation her to bash well.

 “Hopefully she is not scoring his time, let’s conscionable enactment it similar that.

Last word Terland finished arsenic the WSL’s associated second-highest scorer with 13 goals successful 22 games 

And past Sunday, she scored her archetypal league goals successful a Red Devils garment netting doubly against Tottenham. 

However, Vidosic, 37, believes his Norwegian antiaircraft duo volition beryllium afloat prepared for the test.

The Brighton boss, who took complaint of the Seagulls successful July, said: “I deliberation they’ll beryllium precise acceptable for Terland having played together, and knowing each different from being successful the (same) nationalist team.  

“We person to beryllium alert that she needs conscionable 1 accidental to score.”

Brighton are winless successful their past six games against Man United with their past triumph occurring successful April 2021. 

However, Bergsvand is hopeful she, Thorisdottir and their backline tin unopen retired their visitors today. 

She adds: “We’re blessed with the 3 points and the cleanable expanse (at Crystal Palace past Sunday).

“But we privation to amusement astatine the Amex that we’re amended than however we performed past weekend. 

“It’s going to beryllium a large game, we’re playing a large squad and it’s a antithetic opponent. They volition springiness america different challenges.”