Lamptey has been praised by Brighton’s head coach for his open-minded approach in “helping the team” whatever position he plays. He is at his most dangerous when taking on defenders one-on-one. The former Chelsea youth player predominantly plays as a right wing back in a back five for Graham Potter.
Graham Potter said: “It’s using his attributes as well as we can based on the game we want to play. Sometimes we have used him high up and sometimes he’s one of the highest up the pitch – I think of the Chelsea game where we’ve used him as a wing-back that’s very pushed on and attacking the backline. Ultimately Tariq needs to be doing that, threatening the opposition defenders as much as he can. Sometimes he can do that from right-back or right wing-back or a little bit higher. But the fact that he’s so open minded, that he’s so ready to help the team, it makes it easy for me. It’s about finding the right solution for him.”
