Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi concedes they weren't at their best for Thursday's 2-2 draw at Olympique Marseille.
A late penalty converted by Joao Pedro earned Brighton their Europa League point after being 2-0 down.
De Zerbi said: "We are used to playing better.
"We have to play better. We need to play better. We can play better. But sometimes you can have a tougher period where it is difficult to play like we did one month ago, for example or last season. But you have to fight anyway, and you have to get a result, and today we deserved the result.
I think maybe we could have won the game, especially if we scored at the end of the first half. But I am really proud because we showed incredible character, incredible passion, incredible attitude, and to play football you need to play better. But you need to play with this character, this attitude."