Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Bournemouth 1
By Tim Hodges at Withdean.
Brighton and Hove Albion were denied all three points by a hotly disputed last minute penalty at the Withdean Stadium early on Saturday afternoon.
The televised match was a battle of first versus third in the league one standings.
Albion, although appearing cautious did pressure Bournemouth from early on.
Lua Lua and Elliott Bennett link up quite effectively, although Bennett plays in a more central midfield role nowadays, as his natural position is taken up by the former.
The two combined well together, but this only amounted to a couple of wayward efforts by the Newcastle loanee.
With nearly a quarter of an hour gone Glenn Murray should have scored from a Bennett corner but, although unchallenged, he put his header way over the bar.
Bournemouth were cautiously building up to an attack, however, it wasn’t until a misplaced pass from Painter that they were given an opportunity.
But Symes’s effort was snuffed out by the Albion defence.
Soon after Symes was put through again and, although flagged offside, he continued with his attempt and gave Albion keeper Casper Ankergren a broken nose in the process.
This caused a lengthy delay in play.
Towards the end of the half Murray had a great effort saved by Jalal in the Cherries goal.
Symes appeared to elbow Tommy Elphick but got away with a yellow card.
Then in the six minutes of added time, Calderon tore down the left and crossed, only for Ashley Barnes to fluff his lines from the edge of the six-yard box.
The Albion had the visitors somewhat pegged back in the early part of the second half, with Dicker and Kishischev becoming more involved in the attacking play.
