Everton boss Rafa Benitez full of praise for Brighton ahead of league clash

The Spaniard has praised Albion boss Graham Potter for the way he has got his team playing and for the job he has done at the club.

He told the media: "We have to consider that managers need time.

"I think Graham Potter is doing a good job and he's been there for around three years.

The Everton manager has praised Graham Potter's work at Albion

"At the moment they are in a good position and playing with a lot of confidence so I think it will be a tough game for us."

The Toffees manager was also impressed with Albion's outing against his former side, Chelsea.

Potter's side rescued a point late on as Danny Welbeck's header cancelled out Romelu Lukaku's earlier goal.

Brighton and Hove Albion striker Danny Welbeck scored the goal against Chelsea

Despite the game ending 1-1, Albion proved good value for the point and arguably were the better side on the night at Stamford Bridge.

Benitez said: "They deserved a point, Chelsea had some chances and they had some chances.

"When we played against them in the first part of the league, we did well.

"Hopefully we can be strong in defence and a threat in attack."

The manager has also confirmed that his side will be with star striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin for the match against Albion.

Everton manager Rafa Benitez has confirmed that Dominic Calvert-Lewin is back in training

He said: "Dominic is training with the team.

"One thing is match fitness, which you can improve playing games.

"Match fitness, we will see. Maybe he scores three goals in the first half and we don't need to worry about his match fitness.

"I can say that it's a massive signing for us for the second part of the league.

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"In terms of other players that were injured, little by little they're coming back.

"We don't want to take a risk with some of them, but they're nearly there."