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Brighton midfielder Gilmour: Dad's pushing me to shoot more

Brighton midfielder Billy Gilmour admits he's trying to improve his goalscoring.

Gilmour was asked about his record when offering a Scotland media conference.

He said: “It's coming!

“Two weeks ago against West Ham I came off the pitch and my dad said, 'How many times? Do you want to just take a chance and shoot!'

“So, going into the game against Newcastle, the first time the ball was bouncing I checked back and thought 'I just need to shoot here'. It ended up in as an assist.

“Hopefully it will come soon. The most important bit is just trying to get a result and trying to help the team, for sure.

“It used to be my trademark when I was growing up, edge of the box, hitting it first time, and it would go in.

“But then I've been first team and I've just never scored a goal. Hopefully I can change that."

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