Graham Potter seeks to address flaw exposed by Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa for Newcastle visit

Brighton have become very tactically astute under head coach Graham Potter and this was self-evident in his side's 2-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday.

As Adam Lallana, who played a big role in that famous victory at Old Trafford, put it: "We had a shape, we had triggers. We went a little bit more direct because we knew United had been pressing well in pre-season. We landed on second balls, gained good territory, and attacked the ball well in numbers."

They outfought and outthought Erik ten Hag's men, particularly in the midfield battleground. There have been plenty of other tactical masterclasses from the Albion boss, too. Away victories at Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in April spring to mind, as does coming from 2-0 down to draw with Liverpool at Anfield last October, primarily through playing Leandro Trossard as a false nine.

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers said he enjoyed the tactical battle of facing a Potter side as formation changes and systems of play can be tweaked multiple times in a match. A 3-5-2 setup can move into a 3-4-2-1 and then onto a 3-5-1-1. Many of Brighton's players can play in different positions, a shuffling of the deck, if you will.

But for all their ingenuity and cleverness, for all their meticulous planning and fastidious care, they are not infallible. It is no secret that the Seagulls have struggled to break teams down who get men behind the ball and they are vulnerable on the counter-attack. These are by no means exclusively Brighton problems.

When the opposition puts ten men behind the ball, even the best teams in the world can find it difficult to unlock defences. Nonetheless, the regularity of it from an Albion perspective has been a source of frustration amongst fans. The