ThlRama
Active Member
Country: Greece
Player:Saka
Strangely reminiscent of Favre teams. Exceeding xG, efficient in front of goal, conceding lots of low quality chances and few good ones. Although the team has to work on not conceding goals through bad chances eg random preventable crosses.
Slow and patient build up from the back, getting more quick and direct the further up the pitch to create high quality chances.
Restrained pressing in comparison to the high octane gegenpress of Klopp or Guardiola's quick direct one, but it's still there.
You summed it up well, first paragraph is Favre football elements, second paragraph is typical of the Basque school, and in the third paragraph you get the typical modern element that was born in the Spanish league and Emery had the chance to co-develop since his days at Valencia. Very sophisticated and modern management by him.