Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil rued their missed chances after defeat at home to Brighton.
The visitors won 2-0 via goals from rom Evan Ferguson and substitute Julio Enciso, his first in the Premier League.
O'Neil later said, "The consequences are if you don't take your chances, you have to push hard and you can get caught. Their boy takes a really difficult chance, we had some good chances we didn't take."
On how important the next game against Leicester is, he said: "They all are, today felt massive.
'This was our sixth game in a row against teams in top 10 and we gave a good go in each of them. Tonight will hurt he boys, but they will recover and go again at Leicester.
"I don't pick and choose fixtures, we go about them all the same away. But the closer to the end you get, they get bigger."