Pep Guardiola and Roberto De Zerbi have both built their success on possession. But with goals drying up for Man City, is the Italian the new king of keeping the ball?
It wasn't just Pep Guardiola's first league defeat at Arsenal. A tangible, potential, changing-of-the-guard moment. It was the fewest shots a Guardiola side had produced in a league game for more than a decade. Down the M23, Roberto De Zerbi's Brighton had just drawn 2-2 with Liverpool. It was not the result they wanted, but one which cemented them as the division's top scorers, an accolade normally the hallmark of any Guardiola side.
What do you buy for the team who has everything? 'I thought there would be a slight treble hangover for City this season. They've achieved utopia, they can't do any more,' said Gary Neville after their defeat at the Emirates. 'I think there'll be an element of these City players just having a bit taken out of them. What is their cause this season?' Things get no easier now.
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