Maresca admits individual errors are hurting Manchester City

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium. (is associated with: «Maresca admits individual errors are hurting Manchester City») Martin Rickett/PA Wire/dpaManchester City manager Enzo Maresca recognizes his side must cut out the individual errors.City, awaiting an appeal against their financial misconduct ruling, suffered a second successive Premier League defeat on Saturday as Brighton claimed a 1-0 win at the Etihad Stadium.Yasin Ayari’s winning goal came after Matheus Nunes miskicked attempting to clear a cross and the ball rebounded into his path.It followed costly errors from Gianluigi Donnarumma and Marc Guehi in last week’s 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa.Maresca said: “Sometimes it happens. Unfortunately it is happening for our players, but I think it is part of the game, part of football. In the last two or three games it has happened many times against us.“We need to analyse and understand what we can do better and try to move on.”The last two games have taken the shine off what had been a superb start for Maresca at City, with his side having won their opening seven league games of the campaign.“For sure we are not happy,” the Italian said. “The players, me, the coaching staff, the club – no-one is happy when we lose games at all, for sure.“But we were aware we were not going to win all the games, so these kind of moments arrive. We just need to try to improve things, move on and try to win games as soon as possible.”Ayari’s 11th-minute strike ensured Brighton delivered on their manager Fabian Hürzeler’s stated aim to avenge their defeat to City in the League Cup.It was also a sweet moment for the Swede after he missed from the spot in the decisive penalty shoot-out in last Wednesday’s tie.City now travel to Germany to face RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Tuesday.