Albion were held to a home draw in what felt a familiar scenario.
Brian Owen paused on his walk away from the Amex to record an audio review of the 1-1 draw with Southampton which halted the Seagulls’ momentum after two successive wins.
Kaoru Mitoma headed the hosts into a deserved lead but they were pegged back on an increasingly unsatisfactory evening.
The evening ultimately lived down to some of the fears of wary home fans.
We also take a look at what was being said, and how, after the game as the respective head coaches faced the media.so Fabian Hurzeler was clearly unhappy with several aspects, including his team’s second-half performance.
Mitoma’s header from a Tariq Lamptey cross gave them deserved reward.
The Japan winger had earlier missed a great chance and Georginio Rutter hit the far post.
Once Flynn Downes had levelled for Saints, they gained belief and felt aggrieved to see a finish by Cameron Archer ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR scrutiny.
That controversial incident features in our audio review.
So does Albion’s pressing need to embrace expectation and attention – as Hurzeler looked to do going into the game.
After the home win over champions Manchester City, there was clear frustration to drop points to the bottom-of-the-table Saints.
As you will hear here, that was reflected in the nature of Hurzeler’s post-match press conference.
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