Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi has no illusions about the task of facing Manchester City.
The Albion are hoping to continue their solid start to life under their new boss when they take on the champions at the weekend.
While De Zerbi has an idea that Brighton will play attacking football away to City, he admits facing them is the toughest task in the league.
He told reporters: “For me, they are the best team in the Premier League and one of the best in Europe.
“You have to defend with maximum concentration and be focused in the duels, but you also have to try to attack.
“For sure we will try to play with the same mentality. After I don't know the result – but we will leave Brighton to play the same style."
He added: “We want to play a good game without the ball but I want the ball.
“I want to try to attack, to shoot, to score."
He finished: “We have to improve in the last 20 metres, but I don't want this to become just the one problem.
“We have showed good quality of play, in the last two games we had chances to score. We have to continue to play with this quality. We have not to forget our way and our style.
“We cannot change our idea depending only on the result. We have to follow our idea, our way and maybe when we find one goal more, we can change the season.
“I don't want to change too much because I like the players and this style of play without the ball. With the ball, I am working to change some things, I am thinking about the positions on the pitch.
“But it is difficult to speak about these four games, because I have my vision."
