Chris Hughton: “I was looking to win the game.
“With Jonas, he can be more direct in the way he runs at the ball, and for Tiote because he’s very much a defensive midfield player.
“What I had left on the pitch were two strikers in Andy Carroll and Shola, and a midfield player in Kevin Nolan, that are all capable of scoring goals.
“I wanted to leave goalscorers on the pitch.
“Tiote’s a good player, and they’ll certainly like him here.
“What you see is what you get from him.
“I felt we needed to score a second goal.
“We knew the threat they posed from set plays and about dealing with them.
“It was a combination of a couple of things – not doing enough in that second period, and also conceding.
“I couldn’t fault the commitment of the players.
“Even going into that last few minutes, I thought we could get back on level terms, but we didn’t have enough to break down a very resilient back line.
“For me, this was a missed opportunity.
“We’re at home and leading 1-0, and played well enough in that first half without being on our best form.
“We weren’t able to cap off a very good week.”