​Five Things Learned: Manchester City 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion (Premier League)City suffered revenge at the hands of Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday afternoon as the Seagulls balanced the head-to-head scale with the Blues after their midweek Carabao Cup exit at the Etihad Stadium.In a reverse of Wednesday night’s fortunes, when Enzo Maresca’s side were a shade lucky to take the game to penalties and get through in the shootout, the Blues dominated proceedings this time and will be left bemused at how they didn’t score at least once.Brighton did admittedly start the stronger of the sides and got their reward just after the ten-minute mark, as Matheus Nunes’ fluffed clearance allowed Maxim de Cuyper to square for Yasin Ayari to score in simple fashion.Even at half-time, Manchester City will have been ruing their missed chances, as an Iliman Ndiaye header wide from close range and Erling Haaland strike straight at Lewis Dunk while the goal gaped could have been enough to see them level.And if those chances were presentable, they were nothing to the second-half, when Ndiaye twice went close again – one of those openings a practically open goal – and Nunes almost atoned but could only shoot straight at the impassable Bart Verbruggen on his left foot.Perhaps even more infuriating for City fans were the numerous promising moves derailed by sloppy decision-making or end product, or indeed by refereeing decisions, as four large penalty shouts from the Etihad faithful for various alleged handballs fell on the deaf ears of Craig Pawson; whilst some of the appeals were more in hope than in expectation, a late incident involving Luka Vuskovic did look clear-cut.Here are five things we learned from Manchester City’s frustrating defeat to Brighton in the Premier League.1. Midfield make-up under the microscopeCity’s midfield is perhaps the area of the team under most discussion from supporters, with the general consensus being that the trio of Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez and Rayan Cherki left the Blues too open in defeats to high-quality opposition in the form of Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa.Many have been keen to see Ayyoub Bouaddi feature in a double pivot with Anderson from the start of games, so when the teamsheet to face Brighton featured both those names as well as Fernandez, fans were keen to see the unit in action.But, in a Pep Guardiola-esque tactical twist, Maresca utilised Bouaddi in a more advanced role than expected, seeing the Moroccan press up even higher than Erling Haaland out of possession, and limiting the teenager’s ability to make a difference to the build-up when his side had the ball.The experiment lasted less than an hour before Maresca withdrew Bouaddi in favour of Cherki and reverted to his usual engine room set-up; the City boss would be best-served jotting this one down as botched trial run, and continue looking for a more balanced midfield configuration for matches against opponents in an elite bracket, which Br