Brighton and Aston Villa played out 1-1 draw on Friday night in what was an end to end game between two of the Championships best teams.

Villa took the lead through a Nathan Baker header mid way through the first half but they were pegged back just before half time when Glenn Murray fired home from 25 yards.

Chris Hughton will be disappointed with Brighton's performance, they were limited to very few chances, largely due to a solid Villa performance. The Seagulls will see this as two points dropped, given the game was at home, they would have been hoping for all three points to take them top of the table and put the pressure firmly on Newcastle ahead of their game on Sunday.

Steve Bruce on the other hand, will be ecstatic with the point and the performance his Villa side put in. Villa grew stronger as the game went on and they could count themselves unlucky not to have come away with all three points but for some fine goalkeeping from David Stockdale to deny Jonathan Kodjia.

Here, I will pick out three players who were key in the 1-1 draw at the AMEX...

Albert Adomah

Adomah was a constant pain in the side of the Brighton defence. He was a key influence in the Villa goal, supplying the cross into the box for Nathan Baker to head home the opener.

Adomah had the beating of Gaetan Bong down the right side all night long, he didn't know whether he was going inside or out and he had Bong struggling. He supplied some great crosses into the box and almost supplied the winner, whipping in a delicious ball onto the head of Kodjia, but he couldn't convert.

Glenn Murray

Murray didn't have the greatest of games but his goal just before half time was a game changing moment. The goal changed the course of the game, Brighton and their fans were beginning to get frustrated.

Before Murray's goal you could hear the tension building at the AMEX but Murray's goal enabled Brighton to go in at half time level and gave them the platform to kick on and took the wind out of Villa's sails a bit.

Jordan Amavi

Amavi is best known for flying up and down the left wing and supplying crosses into the box, but tonight, he earns recognition for a different side to his game, that often goes unnoticed.

Amavi nullified the threat of Anthony Knockaert for 80 minutes until he went off, something not many Championship full backs can say they've done. Whether Knockaert wanted to go down the line or come inside onto his favoured left foot, Amavi had him covered, which was key in keeping Brighton quiet as a team.