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Everton boss Dyche frustrated after Brighton draw

Everton boss Sean Dyche was left frustrated after their 1-1 draw at Brighton.

Jarrad Branthwaite had Everton ahead before Lewis Dunk struck an equaliser after Billy Gilmour was sent off for Brighton.

Dyche said: "We got in at half-time in pretty good shape, I was pretty pleased with the performance and then second half was a really good away performance, never giving up too much, looking a threat and then we scored the goal.

"But inevitably they get nine minutes [stoppage time] and everyone is wondering where that came from and the crowd get a lift and they have freedom to throw things forward. If anything, we should have kept the ball better and the final moment, you've always got to stop a cross.

“Beto has a chance to seal the game late on, I don't know whether he stumbles but he doesn't strike it cleanly - these are the defining moments and we haven't quite found them over the past run of games, yet the performances have been very good and strong which I thought a lot of the game today was.

“It's an easy thing to say, why aren't your strikers scoring, why don't you make them score? If it was that easy we'd all have strikers who are scoring 25 a season wouldn't we?"

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