Unless he had a knock, this was a game where Ayew needed to be on for the 90. His ability to hold the ball, move forward, draw fouls and defend might have made the difference in holding on.

Eze is a brilliant player but not a battler. Tonight, it might have been better to bring him on if we were 2 up (or down) with a few minutes to go.

I think Richard’s has done well but Doucoure he is not. I thought Clyde did well tonight. He kept Mitoma very quiet and was generally solid.

I can’t decide if I am happy or sad.

At least we are looking and proving to be hard to beat again. Let’s hope Chelsea overdose on Christmas pud.

Happy Christmas everyone!

Great first half but so disappointed with the second. Eze has been great in the middle so why bring him on out on the left? Brighton were clipping balls over the top so I can understand why the defence were sinking deeper, but by sitting deep the equaliser was an inevitability. I'm happy with a point but not with that second half.

No I don't - but Palace do - a new manager would help.

Yep agree with you there Nich , its 2 more points than i thought we'd have also . We looked weaker in the second half when they started doubling up on Olise . I put a tenner on for a 1-1 draw when we scored . I dont think the subs made us any better , Eze just didnt look fit or ready or just didnt want to engage , i dont know which . I will be a bit more confident when Sam comes back from injury and Hendo stops playing the ball is made of lava . Roy stayed on the pitch a lot longer than usual dont know if there is anything to read into that , nice to see our fans not booing him off , Respect the point and the manager , Hopefully we will beat the snot out of Chelski next .

For long periods it looked like a Championship side against a Premiership team, especially in the last twenty minutes. Why didn’t we go for the second goal instead of trying to hold on as it was inevitable with them passing us to death that they we’re going to equalise.Henderson looked so nervy it seemed to unsettle our centre backs, in the end I would have taken a point before the game but apart from Mateda who played really well it wasn’t an easy watch tonight.

My feelings exactly, TL. The first half was promising; we pressed quite well for us and forced a mistake for our goal. 2nd half, we were at least 10-15 yards deeper and invited Brighton to play, an invitation they were only too glad to accept. As the game wore on, we were 2nd to 60/40 balls, never mind 50/50 ones.

Relieved we didn't end up losing but very disappointed we didn't show more ambition in the 2nd half.