Roberto de Zerbi admits he loves the players he has at Brighton.

Brighton's manager returns to Italy tonight in their Europa League clash at AS Roma.

De Zerbi said: “I am very proud to be back here with my team.

“I usually fall in love with my teams and my players.

“It happened in Foggia, Benevento, Sassuolo, even Shakhtar, where I only spent six months but I was touched by that team and the environment.

“But this is team I really love, a team who can lose 3-0, can be thrashed and overwhelmed but you have to look at the level of this team and they always bounce back with pride and hunger."