Leandro Trossard injury is bad news for Brighton and Belgium

Trossard has been a key player for Albion this season but suffered an adductor injury that caused him to miss the frustrating stalemate with Sean Dyche's strugglers.

His guile and attacking threat was missed at the Amex last night as Brighton dominated possession but failed to find a way through a grimly determined Burnley outfit.

The skilful 25-year-old is also a regular in Roberto Martinez's Belgium squad and has been ruled-out of their next three fixtures against Switzerland, England and Denmark.

“It’s an adductor and we are hopeful that maybe the other side of the international break he could be available," said Albion head coach Graham Potter.

“He only did it a day ago so we need to give it a bit of time to see how it settles down.

“The initial diagnosis is quite positive.”

Trossard usually plays as a second striker for Albion but led the line in the previous match at Spurs in place of Neal Maupay, who was dropped for disciplinary reasons.

Maupay was back in the staring line-up against Burnley and almost played the 'Trossard role' as the Frenchman partnered Danny Welbeck, who was handed his first Premier League start.

"I liked Neal's performance," said Potter. "He linked well and worked really hard for us. He got into the box and played with his energy.

"We lost Leo but Neal came in and did well. We tried to get Neal a bit closer to Danny, they linked up okay but it's the first time they have played together and I think they will get better and better.

"We did enough to score but credit to Burnley, they blocked, tackled and got bodies behind the ball and we perhaps lacked a bit of quality in the final third."