I liked a lot of what I saw - a tactical strategy to press higher and be organized defensively and trying to break quickly on the counter while also building out of the back.

The problem is we have players who make a lot of individual mistakes (Mustafi and Xhaka in particular) which leads to a huge domino effect in a system that relies on discipline. Add in Guendouzi's learning curve (that Sterling goal was on him, zero need to step in - all you have to do is block the shot off his right foot; misjudging the ball which should have been a goal) to a team trying to find an identity. The other major issue is that this team isn't used to building out of the back and numerous players clearly weren't comfortable making those passes in the defensive 1/3.