Maresca's big test is to address mounting Man City issues

Enzo Maresca enjoyed a flawless start as Manchester City manager, winning his first seven Premier League games in charge, but the honeymoon period is now over. Erling Haaland had scored seven goals in his past seven Premier League games against Brighton but failed to find the net on Saturday Having lost at Aston Villa last weekend, City have now suffered back-to-back top-flight defeats after being beaten 1-0 at home by Brighton on Saturday. "A bit strange," Maresca said of the result. "It is the same feeling as after Aston Villa away. We did enough to deserve something more but we have to move on and try to win games. "We created a good volume of offensive action.

Sometimes you have to be more clinical and score but it's important that we create. We did everything to be honest. The Italian added: "The attitude was good, I have nothing to say about that or the performance. "The players fought until the end and hopefully next time we are more lucky." Maresca seemed to slot in seamlessly after taking on the impossible job of replacing the legendary Pep Guardiola, but now needs to find solutions to City's stuttering form. With chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and chief executive Ferran Soriano keeping a close eye on proceedings at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, the City