Happy with the result?

I am very happy with a point given the fact our team was virtually decimated after the Watford game. We've been lacking a left back really since we lost Patrick van Aanholt but then to lose Jeffrey Schlupp and to lose Jairo Riedewald at half time and have to finish the game with a central midfielder at left back. To have no Gary Cahill, no Sakho, no Jeffrey Schlupp, no Andros Townsend our situation going into this game was looking relatively bleak.

I think Brighton played well in the first half of the game, we were guilty, the coaching team of encouraging the team to attack to high up the field and getting into their faces because we know how they like to play out from the back but they succeeded in playing around us which made it hard for us. We rectified that to some extent in the second half and finished the game strongly.

Most importantly I thought it was a wonderful, gutsy, resilient, determined performance full of absolute character which I think is typified by the crowd here. In the end, on a day like today we can be satisfied with a point from the game and to be honest it even feels like half a victory.

Wilfried Zaha's goal?

Yes it was a very good goal. They scored a very good goal too. The ball that was volleyed across the penalty box after the long diagnol. The way Maupay got the ball out of his feet and got his shot away before we could close him down. I'm certain Graham Potter would be very happy with that goal. We were equally delighted with Wilf's equaliser which came after we started to ask a few questions around their penalty area and looking like a goal might be likely which it hadn't in the first 60 minutes of the game.

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Riedewald's injury?

He was injured before the game. It was touch and go whether he could take part. He was due to play from the start of the week after the Watford game. He was our chosen alternative at left back, we had been working towards that. In yesterday's training, which is a very light training the day before the game, he some how contrived to get a slight knock on his hip which until the warm up today looked like it was going to keep him out of the game entirely. He came through the warm and said he was prepared and able to play but then only lasted until half time.

The worst thing about the list is that they are all virtually in the same position. We had three players that could play left back and now we're looking for a fourth.

How long is that going to last?

Patrick van Aanholt because it was a muscle injury, we're hoping that might not be quite so long. But Jeffrey Schlupp is a long term injury, Andros Townsend is a long term injury, Gary Cahill has had a minor operation and it will be a relatively long term injury and Mamadou Sakho has got one more game of his suspension.

Have to go into the transfer market?

Is that a serious question? You know what we are with the transfer market, we don't really go into transfer market. I'm trying to persuade the American owners in particular that this is something we really need to do. I thought we needed to do it in the summer but we didn't succeed in getting the players we thought were necessary to improve our squad then. Nothing has changed it's still the same positions I'm talking about and would like us to improve upon. Steven and Doug are very much on board with that so I'm just hoping between us and the American owners we'll find a way to release some money because I don't think we'll find the quality we need with free transfers and loans.

Worry that Wilfried Zaha will leave?

Of course if we lose him that exacerbates the problem even further. I talk about January transfer windows, I answer question, I don't come in here to talk about January transfer windows but I'm obliged to answer your questions. When I do, I work on the basis all of the players I've got, I have and the ones I'm talking about bringing in will make us stronger squad. I don't talk about brining players in to replace the quality players we already have. My only solace with Wilf is he has a three and half year contract and as far as I know the club is in no desperate need to sell him. We aren't just about to go bankrupt. I'm counting on Wilf, delighted to be working with him but when transfer windows come around one can never say what will happen. We will have to adjust with what comes our way.