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Manchester City's reliance on 2024 Ballon d'Or winner Rodri has been laid bare in recent weeks.

The reigning Premier League champions have tasted three successive defeats for the first time since April 2018 and their inability to guard against swift, direct transitions has proven costly in losses to Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth and Sporting CP. Even the ridiculously proficient sharpshooting of Erling Haaland has been absent in recent encounters.

Man City already find themselves two points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool and can ill-afford to lose any more ground on Arne Slot's side. A trip to Brighton & Hove Albion is far from straightforward but it offers Pep Guardiola's side a shot at redemption.

Here is how the Spaniard could line his side up against the Seagulls.