Brighton manager Chris Hughton has praised the character shown by his players in recent games after coming from two goals down to draw their last two matches against Fulham and Southampton.

"It shows great character. I was probably more disappointed with the first half at Southampton than I was against Fulham," said Hughton.

"We went behind at Fulham but I thought our level of performance was good. I didn't feel that it was in the first half at Southampton.

"But having to come back on two occasions is not something that you want to happen too often and, in a Premier League game, it is very difficult to come back from that for a club the level of ours. It showed great desire not to lose a football match.

"I have been relatively happy with our level of performance but we have conceded a few goals, which is unlike us, but we have shown a great reaction.

"Where we are at the moment is probably a fair amount of points for our performances."