Gus Poyet admitted to a sense of déjà vu after seeing his side beaten at home.

The Seagulls were sent to a 1-0 defeat by Marvin Emnes’ deflected first-half strike for Middlesbrough today.

It was the third time in a row they had gone behind to a first-half goal at The Amex.

They have taken just one point from those matches.

Albion boss Poyet told reporters: “I think a good title for your newspapers tomorrow is: ‘Same old story’.

“I don’t want to talk about the opposition.

“It is up to us. We know what the opposition are going to do here.

“We know the type of game we are going to have.

“We know how many times we want to go forward amd take risks.

“I don’t think it is more complicated.

"If we were not creating, if the team playing against us is better than us, if it is the fault the referee, then I would be worried.

“But when it is us we just need to keep going.”