Chris Hughton praised Albion’s patience on and off the pitch as they beat Rotherham tonight.

The Seagulls had to wait almost half an hour to make the breakthrough against a Millers side playing five at the back.

But two goals in four minutes – by Anthony Knockaert and Glenn Murray – put them in charge. Tomer Hemed later added a penalty.

Asked about the team performance, Hughton said: “I thought it was very good and I thought the crowd were excellent.

“Particularly in this type of game where we had to be patient in that first half.

“Rotherham played a bit of a different formation and it gave them more strength defensively.

“We had to be patient to break them down.

“We had to wait for our moment and I thought there were moments of real quality for the first two goals."