MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31: Enzo Maresca Manager / Head Coach of Manchester City reacts during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion at Etihad Stadium on October 31, 2026 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca
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Enzo Maresca said Manchester City have to stop conceding silly goals after another defensive error made it back-to-back defeats in the Premier League. Matheus Nunes was culpable for Brighton's winner a week after Marc Guehi and Gianluigi Donnarumma should have done better for Aston Villa's goals against the Blues.
After a perfect start of seven wins from seven in the Premier League, City have been brought down to earth by losing two in a row. City had the better chances in both games but were bested in both boxes by their opponents again.
Maresca was happy with the performance, although says they need to start winning these games. Cutting out the individual errors would be a significant step towards making life easier for City on the pitch.
"In this moment we are conceding silly goals that we can avoid and hopefully we can avoid in the next game," said the City manager.
"Unfortunately it is happening for our players but I think it is part of the game, part of football, it happens many times against us, we need to analyse understand what we can do better and try to move on.
"For sure we are not happy . The players, me the coaching staff, 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."
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