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Pellegrino: A tight game

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Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino says neither side could get total control of the game as they drew 1-1 with Brighton.

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Brighton 1-1 Southampton:: Mauricio Pellegrino content with ‘really tight’ draw

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Pellegrino: We didn’t build on early goal

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It was a dream start for Saints, as James Ward-Prowse’s seventh-minute free kick struck the crossbar and fell perfectly for Steven Davis to nod in the opener.

But chances proved few and far between for both sides, and the Seagulls drew level at the start of the second half through Glenn Murray’s far-post header.

“It was a really tight game with not too many chances for either team,” Pellegrino said.

“We have one point and the good thing is that we competed well, but at the same time we have to learn to play with more determination to score the second one earlier in this type of situation.

“We have to learn to build the game when we have that opportunity, because in the Premier League all of the teams have got the quality to create problems.

“It’s not a good moment to play against Brighton away because they are really high mentally and physically.

“At the beginning we were okay and in control, doing well positionally and playing with tempo.

“But we have to be more clinical and convert good starts into goals.”

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Brighton 1-1 Southampton: Pellegrino not feeling the pressure

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Mauricio Pellegrino played down suggestions that Saints are under pressure to beat Burnley next weekend after being pegged back to draw 1-1 at Brighton.

Saints have to play all of the Premier League’s top six before the end of the year following the match against the Clarets at St Mary’s, and the subsequent international break.

It could mean points are hard to come by, and with Saints having enjoyed a comparatively kind early fixture list another draw seems to have piled on the pressure.

He said: “We must push to try to win the game. This is our feeling every single weekend, not just the next one.

“If we win the next one the other is the same for us.

“We are professionals, we are working every single day to try to get points.

“You know in the Premier League from the bottom of the table to the fifth or the sixth the difference is not too high and you have to fight for every single point.”

Saints will reflect that they could have had all three points at Brighton.

They took the lead after just eight minutes through Steven Davis, and dominated the first half.

However, they allowed Brighton to get level early in the second period through Glenn Murray and sat much deeper, handing control to their hosts.

“Thinking about how was the game with this early goal and the good start for us we are a little bit disappointed because we made the most difficult thing, to be in front in the score,” reflected Pellegrino.

“After that when you allow the opponent to come back and be in the game again in the Premier League every single team has quality to cause problems.

“Now to play against Brighton it is not a good moment to play away because they are mentally very high and now the motivation to play for every single point is really high on this pitch, and most of the teams suffer on this pitch.

“My feeling right now is we compete well but when we control this type of situation you have to play with more determination to score the second one and maybe kill the game.”

He added: “In the first half we are talking about to go forward with more determination.

“Maybe at the end of the first half we allowed them to come, to react.

“In the second we expect this reaction and obviously they were pushing and after they equalise more or less we control the game, the ball, but we never find this situation to try to score the second one.”

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Pellegrino reveals Austin injury damage

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Charlie Austin is touch and go to be fit to face Burnley next week after being kept out of the draw at Brighton with a knee injury.

Austin was set to be on the bench at the Amex but suffered the injury in training before the game and was forced to miss out.

Mauricio Pellegrino opted to leave Shane Long among the subs rather than risk starting with both of his remaining strikers.

He is optimistic that it won’t be a long lay-off for Austin, who it seems should be fit after the international break if he doesn’t quite recover in time to face the Clarets.

Pellegrino reported: “It was a situation that he suffers a little bit in his knee before today.

“Now he couldn’t be available to be on the bench.

“The doctor told me maybe next week he will be ready.”

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Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino says Brighton draw ‘was a tight game’

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Mauricio Pellegrino says Southampton’s draw with Brighton “was a tight game” after their 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium on Sunday.

The Saints went ahead early in the match as Steven Davis headed home a rebounded James Ward-Prowse free-kick, but were pegged back by a Glenn Murray goal in the second half as the points were shared.

Following the game, Pellegrino said the game was a close affair, but they were playing against a side who were in a good spell of form.

“It was a really tight game. It was high tempo, up and down all the time,” he told Sky Sports.

"We never could control the ball totally and create more action because both teams were really compact and there were not too many spaces to think about. My players competed well, although we couldn’t win.

"Brighton are coming from a good moment, they are playing good games and are strong at home. Maybe it is the most difficult moment to come here.

“It is a pity because we couldn’t make the difference to score a second goal before they did, but every Premier League game is different.”

Pellegrino is now ten matches into his first season as Southampton manager, and while he says his side perhaps deserve more than their 13 points, they are in a congested pack of teams.

“I think it is a season with ups and downs,” he added when asked about the opening few months of the season.

“In terms of results, I think we deserve a little bit more in terms of points but our league now is really close between 10 and 12 teams from the bottom of the table until sixth. It is really tight and we have 13 points, so we are in this group.”

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Brighton 1-1 Southampton: Murray goal ‘unlucky’

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Mauricio Pellegrino defended Fraser Forster against accusations he should have done better for Brighton’s equaliser.

Forster could do nothing about the fact Glenn Murray was able to peel off at the far post to be marked by the diminutive Cedric Soares, but there were suggestions he could have done more to make a near post save.

However, Pellegrino believes the ball took a slight deflection off of Cedric and that things are not as simplistic as some might wish to make out.

“It was a little bit unlucky because the ball I think deflected off of Cedric’s head and surprised a little bit our goalkeeper,” said Pellegrino.

“It’s football. From outside every single action looks really simple, but from inside the football is the vision and every single action is completely different.”

Saints might not have got the win they wanted against Brighton but are at least unbeaten in their last three.

“It’s a good sign that I think I see the team competing well in terms of making the right decision in different moments,” reflected Pellegrino.

“This is something where I think the team is growing and is a little bit more mature.

“I repeat that we think about the top level, top teams, the difference in the space, defensively, is really difficult to create this situation to get more difference.”

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It was a bright start for Saints as Steven Davis headed in from just outside the six-yard box after a terrific free-kick from Ward-Prowse came off the angle of the post and crossbar.

The early goal seemed to take the sting out of Brighton’s tail, with Saints dominating much of the first half.

The Seagulls bounced back in the second half, with Glenn Murray’s far post header drawing them equal.

Both teams struggled to find the elusive winner.

Photographer Robin Jones was at Falmer Stadium to capture all the action between Brighton and Hove Albion and Southampton in the Premier League - so be sure to check out the photographs above.

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Ward-Prowse: Draw a fair result

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The midfielder’s curling free-kick played a significant part in Steven Davis’ opening goal on seven minutes but Southampton struggled to penetrate the home defence thereafter.

“I work hard to improve on my set pieces so I was pleased to be given that responsibility today. Unfortunately it didn’t go in for me but Davo did brilliantly to score on the rebound.

“We dropped off once we got in front. We did well in parts but overall but we’re disappointed that we’re not leaving with all three points. On balance, we didn’t do enough to win the game so a draw is a fair result.”

That point was enough to lift Mauricio Pellegrino’s men up to ninth in the Premier League table. For Ward Prowse, it is a position from which another push for the Europa League places should not be out of the question.

“We’ve improved in a lot of areas this season and I am confident that our goalscoring edge will return.

“Getting back into Europe should be our target; this club is built to compete on that stage. We achieved it a couple of years ago and there’s no reason why we can’t do that again this time."

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David Unsworth’s chat with ex-Everton boss blocked by fourth official

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Brighton and Southampton shared a point on Sunday before Claude Puel started his reign as Leicester boss with a 2-0 win over struggling Everton.

Steven Davis and Glenn Murray scored in the earlier game, then Jamie Vardy and Demarai Gray (officially) got the goals at the King Power Stadium.

As Super Sundays go, this wasn’t always the most stimulating. But don’t worry if you dozed off as Sportsmail has got you covered with eight things you may have missed.

Brighton v Southampton - is it really a South Coast Derby?

Sunday’s early Premier League encounter had been billed by some as ‘the South Coast Derby’ in the build-up, despite there being 65 miles between St Mary’s and the Amex.

And the Saints fans who made the journey to Falmer were eager to point out that the fixture with The Seagulls does not replicate the ferocity of that with Portsmouth, currently in League One.

During the first half, they could be heard singing: ‘There’s only one South Coast Derby,’ presumably referring to their famous fixture against Portsmouth.

Yet it didn’t stop Saints scorer Davis taunting the home supporters as his celebrated breaking the deadlock after only seven minutes.

The Northern Ireland international cupped his hand over his ear after heading home his second Premier League goal of the season.

Brighton were perhaps a little lucky not to concede a free-kick in the build-up to Murray’s equaliser.

The ball clearly struck Anthony Knockaert’s elbow moments before he played it wide to Pascal Gross, whose cross was headed in by Murray.

With his assist for Murray, Brighton midfielder Gross took his fantasy football points tally to 47 for the season.

The 26-year-old has scored two goals and set up a further five in his first 10 Premier League games.

His impressive form has seen him earn more fantasy points than the likes of Dele Alli and Kevin De Bruyne in the MailOnline’s game. Valued at just £5.7million, he is the cheapest player to surpass the 40-point mark thus far.

Ahead of their last home game before Remembrance Sunday, Leicester City showed their respect for the members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

The King Power Stadium was used as a canvas as Leicester and Everton fans created a colourful tifo featuring lots of poppies.

Jonjoe Kenny appeared to score a truly ugly own goal when he hacked at a hopeful Gray cross-cum-shot and sliced the ball past Jordan Pickford to put Leicester 2-0 up in the first half against Everton.

But the Premier League showed mercy to the 20-year-old in only his eighth Everton appearance by officially awarding the goal to Gray.

Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth needs all the help he can get with his team now in a relegation battle.

Former Toffees boss Joe Royle, who was in charge at Goodison Park between 1994 and 1997, tried to give Unsworth some advice at half time.

But fourth official Mike Jones wasn’t having any of it and swiftly told Royle to evacuate the manager’s area.

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Claude Puel gets dream Leicester start as Brighton and Southampton draw

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Leicester City got the Claude Puel era off to a perfect start with a comfortable 2-0 home win over Everton that deepened the Merseyside club’s problems.

Leicester began the game on the front foot and threatened after only four minutes when Demarai Gray raced forward and sent a low drive just wide from outside the area.

But Puel’s team had the lead they deserved with 18 minutes gone thanks to Jamie Vardy, who put the finishing touch to a swift counter involving Gray and Riyad Mahrez, and doubled it thanks to an own goal by young right-back Jonjoe Kenny with less than half an hour played.

Aaron Lennon felt he had been fouled inside the penalty area as David Unsworth’s Everton tried to muster a response, but the referee waved away their appeals, and Kevin Mirallas lashed wide.

Glenn Murray’s third goal in two games earned Brighton a home point against Southampton.

Murray struck early in the second half to secure a 1-1 draw for the hosts after Steven Davis had given Southampton an early lead.

The visitors got off to a fast start when Davis headed home the rebound after a James Ward-Prowse free kick had hit the crossbar, but Pascal Gross created the equaliser when his deep cross found Murray at the far post.

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