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DOUGIE FREEDMAN blasted the penalty that robbed his Crystal Palace side of victory.
Ashley Barnes rescued a point for Brighton against their bitter rivals when ref Stuart Attwell adjudged Nathaniel Clyne had fouled Will Buckley in the box.
Eagles chief Freedman said: "I don't think that was a penalty but we were sloppy in giving the ref and linesman the opportunity to give one."
Palace had relied on Chris Martin's hotly-disputed penalty to give them a 64th-minute lead. Wilfried Zaha — the target of a Bolton bid earlier in the day — tangled with Buckley, Attwell waved away Brighton protests and Martin fired home.
But, 10 minutes later, Buckley made amends when he went down after a challenge from Clyne.
Barnes thumped home his ninth goal of the season to leave Freedman claiming: "Our award was more of a penalty. Wilf has quick feet and the defender lunged in.
"My player feels his back leg was taken.
"We took a grip, and we overpowered and outplayed them in the second half. They couldn't live with our movement.
"There was never any doubt Wilfried would stay. I have a fantastic board and they felt it wasn't time to sell him."
Brighton boss Gus Poyet said: "I didn't think either were penalties and I'm disappointed with a draw."
DOUGIE FREEDMAN blasted the penalty that robbed his Crystal Palace side of victory.
Ashley Barnes rescued a point for Brighton against their bitter rivals when ref Stuart Attwell adjudged Nathaniel Clyne had fouled Will Buckley in the box.
Eagles chief Freedman said: "I don't think that was a penalty but we were sloppy in giving the ref and linesman the opportunity to give one."
Palace had relied on Chris Martin's hotly-disputed penalty to give them a 64th-minute lead. Wilfried Zaha — the target of a Bolton bid earlier in the day — tangled with Buckley, Attwell waved away Brighton protests and Martin fired home.
But, 10 minutes later, Buckley made amends when he went down after a challenge from Clyne.
Barnes thumped home his ninth goal of the season to leave Freedman claiming: "Our award was more of a penalty. Wilf has quick feet and the defender lunged in.
"My player feels his back leg was taken.
"We took a grip, and we overpowered and outplayed them in the second half. They couldn't live with our movement.
"There was never any doubt Wilfried would stay. I have a fantastic board and they felt it wasn't time to sell him."
Brighton boss Gus Poyet said: "I didn't think either were penalties and I'm disappointed with a draw."