Chris Hughton rued a nightmare start at Leicester.

The Albion manager also felt his side were not good enough on the ball in a 2-0 defeat.

Goals from the impressive Shinji Okazaki and defender Harry Maguire left the Seagulls pointless.

Albion boss Hughton said: “Overall against Man City there were enough good parts of our game but, when you come here away from home, the last thing you want is to go 1-0 down so early.

"That's a big disappointment, particularly from our attack. It then becomes an uphill battle.

"We certainly weren't at the level we need to be on the ball but we stuck in there and at 1-0 you have always got a chance.

“Then it's difficult again when you concede from a set play, where we have got to be better."

Okazaki scored after Riyad Mahrez was allowed to get into the box too easily before sending in a shot which Mathew Ryan should have held.

Maguire headed home at the far post from a corner.

Hughton said: "They were two soft goals and we are up against a team that have had great league experience in the last three years and what they achieved the season before.

"They never opened us up as much as they could have. Maty never had to make the type of saves that keep us more in the game, so I felt there was an opportunity for us to play better, get some sort of input into the game."