Veltman's praise for 'amazing' Verbruggen
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Brighton defender Joel Veltman has praised his team-mates' "fight" in a "tough" game against Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium, which saw Fabian Hurzeler's team continue their push for European football.
Speaking to BBC Radio Sussex about the victory, Veltman said: "Bournemouth away is always tough. We were in a good place, and I think they were as well. We knew it would be tough with the weather and the rain. You know it's going to be a fight and, after all, we did well.
"Everybody who came on was really into the fight. The effort was unreal and that's what you need with 10 men.
"They were bringing five or six guys into the box at times, so we needed a bit of luck but also a good goalkeeper behind us. We had all of that, so we got the result."
Veltman was also full of praise for 22-year-old goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, adding: "He took loads of goal kicks, he did well on the line, and he helped us a lot coming out and making those saves.
"It keeps you in the game and it helps to build confidence in defence. As a defender it's good to know that when someone passes you, the goalkeeper will also be there to save it or kill the chance.
"Hopefully he is going to stay here for loads of years, but how he is doing right now is amazing."
