NEIL Lennon was happy to see Wanderers looking something like their old selves as they snatched a point against Brighton.

Criticism has poured down after the second-half collapse at Huddersfield Town seven days earlier and as the seconds ticked by in the second half on Saturday, it looked like being the same old story.

Lennon’s fruitless search for a striker would have dominated the agenda but the Whites boss admits he slept easier after his team dug in for a share of the spoils.

“We don’t make it easy for ourselves,” he said. “It was hard graft that got us back into that game, real character, and that is something that people have accused us of nothing having in the past. We had it in abundance.

“Sometimes it feels like a win when you score a late goal like that but this feels like a very well-earned point.

“It’s nice to score in the last minute for a change considering what we had happen to us last season. I do feel like we should have had more.”

Lennon wondered whether his side had it in them to find a goal after Brighton put 10 men behind the ball following Jamie Murphy’s 74th minute sending off.

“You are questioning whether we have the creativity and the cutting edge because we got the ball into some great positions and it was only the lack of cutting edge that cost us,” he said.

“Our build up play for most of the season, and particularly at home, has been good.

“I don’t think we look a poor side. We don’t look out-played by any team.

“Being able to bring a bit more physicality in there with David Wheater was pleasing and Madine was excellent – he led the line very, very well and deserved his goal.”