Fabian Huerzeler wants Albion to be more pro-active with their defending.

And that has been a focus as he prepares them for their second friendly in Japan.

The Seagulls take on Tokyo Verdy at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday at 6.30pm locally, 10.30pm BST.

They will aim to follow up their 5-1 win over Kashima Antlers and Huerzeler knows what he is looking for.

He said: “What I can say is the team suffered together, I think especially in the long sessions.

“They were quite hard but they stayed together. They pushed their limits. That’s the basic thing I wanted to see.

“On top of that, we do some content. We are still completing a process and we try to focus on the process.

“We see improvements and that is the main thing.

“Let’s see what happens in the game tomorrow.

“We try improve individually.

“We give everyone feedback to each game as a group or as an individual.

“Against Kashima Antlers, we struggled a little bit with our defence. With our last line, how we get pressure on the ball, how we defend when we go into high pressure.

“We were too often in a low block.

“We don’t want to be so often in a low block.

“The switch between a low block getting into a high block was not the best so we tried to work on that.

“And on top of that, I think the positioning with the ball was not clear enough.

“We have also worked on that."

Fans at the open training session saw lengthy periods when Albion were getting the ball wide, then delivering early for players arriving in the box.

Huerzeler said: “Today was more like the impact from a deep run.

“I want us to attack the back of an opponent.

“You might not always get the ball if you make a deep run but you still create space for a team-mate.

“On top of that, there was how get in the box, entries.

“How we want to be positioned in the box.

“This a lot of details we try to focus on.

“Of course it is not something that happens overnight.

“We go day by day, week by week and we try to focus on these things.

“What is really good from the players is when they see something on the video they always try to immediately do it better on the pitch.

“That is an amazing attitude.

“I really enjoy that and also my staff really enjoy working with these players.”