Brighton's struggles at home continued with a 0-0 draw against injury-hit Everton, who lost further ground in the race for Europe on In a game that lacked real quality, Neal Maupay, Jakub Moder and Adam Lallana all squandered chances as Graham Potter's side were held to a frustrating eighth Premier League draw of the season at the Amex Stadium
Everton's hopes of halting a run of three league games without a win were hampered by injury to top scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin before the game, although the Toffees could have snatched all three points when substitute Alex Iwobi flashed a shot over in the final minute
The draw hands Brighton, who climb a place to 15th, and Everton, who stay eighth, a point apiece towards their respective survival and European bids, but both will have been left wanting a more decisive boost to those campaigns
Everton striker Calvert-Lewin was the surprise omission from the teamsheet as another name was added to the Toffees' lengthy injury list
Missing their top-scorer, Everton failed to register a single attempt on target in the first half, but Brighton could only go one better despite dominating for large parts
Seagulls midfielder Moder dragged a shot inside the opening 10 minutes before Everton came to life and fashioned their first chance, which midfielder Tom Davies headed wide of the Brighton goal
Brighton went close twice before the break as Maupay's drive deflected inches wide off Yerry Mina, before Yves Bissouma's audacious, acrobatic overhead kick nestled on the roof of the net as a potential goal of the season contender escaped the Seagulls
With Everton options from the bench few and far between, Brighton retained control of the game but, as has been the case time and again this season, quality in the final third eluded them
Moder wrapped a shot over the bar from a training ground corner routine, before Lewis Dunk's glancing header drew a fingertip save from Everton goalkeeper Robin Olsen
With the game petering out for a draw, Everton sprung a late rally to snatch all three points, but Iwobi's drive fizzed over the bar to leave both sides with a point
"The run of form Everton are on at the moment; you just get the feeling they will look back at this at the end of the season as a reason why they never really pushed for the Champions League and top four
"Because there are so many teams involved and dropping points, no matter how bad your run is at the moment, you're always there or thereabouts in terms of points for Europe
"Everton still have hope of Europe, because that was the target at the start of the season that Ancelotti keeps mentioning
"Captain Seamus Coleman admits if Everton miss out on European football it will be their home form they will come to rue and not draws at places like Brighton
"It would be a massive disappointment [if we didn't qualify for Europe]
 We have been given opportunities this season by other results
 We just had to look after ourselves and we would have been in a better position
"That would be the disappointment
 We have full belief and obviously the manager we have has massive experience and doesn't panic
 We have something to play for but yes there's no question we need to finish in European places
"The morale is good
 We have a good bunch of lads and we train hard
 It's up to myself and a few of the experienced lads to keep that morale high at all times
 We have a great manager and some top players
 It's just about those results at home we need to brush up on massively
" "I thought it was a good performance from us
 I thought we had good intent
 We tried to attack and played positively
 We lacked a little bit of quality in the final third but defended well when we had to
 It was a hard-earned point
"I don't think there were loads of clear-cut chances
 There were some opportunities
 I don't think we worked the keeper enough
 They were defensively set up to do well
 It wasn't easy to find the space but we were the closest ones to scoring
"You always want a bit more but there's another team on the pitch and an opponent fighting for the win
 The effort and intent were there we just missed that little bit to get the goal
" "The fight [Europe] is more difficult now but a point is a point
 We had good spirit; we could have been better with the ball as we were unable to efficiently reach our strikers
 But we are still in the fight, it's a difficult moment but we are still there
 We have a lot of players out, but I hope they recover so we can fight [against Tottenham] on Friday
"The last four games were not good
 I hope Allan recovers soon and, in a few weeks, hopefully Abdoulaye Doucoure
 We have to play against Tottenham, Arsenal, West Ham and two games against Aston Villa
 All the games are really important if you want to reach Europe
""The biggest talking point, the biggest bright spark, was Yves Bissouma," said Jamie Carragher
 "He was man of the match but he was not just the best player on the pitch, he was the best player by a mile on the pitch
 He really was
 You looked at him and thought, he really does look like a top-quality player
"He was excellent at Old Trafford too last time out when he looked head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch
 There has been some talk of teams looking at him
 I am not sure teams will be looking at him
 I think teams will be bidding for him at the end of the season
"Everton host Tottenham on at 8pm - live on Sky Sports Premier League - before Brighton travel to Chelsea on Tuesday, April 20 - live on Sky Sports Premier League
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