I am going back a fair few years ...
But there was a time when Barcelona played tikka takka possession football with outstanding players like xavi and iniesta .
Point one , that was a very long time ago
Point two , you could probably play any system , that's not actually bonkers , and win the league with world beaters like xavi and iniesta in your side
Point 3,
What matters is to be ruthless and that is what is working nowadays and has done for a long time.
Liverpool are the new 1970s Leeds ...Salah goes down quicker than a ten quid prozzie , if you touch him in the box , and according to klopp that's not cheating.
Professor Pep's tactical sophistication at man city , is based on the corner stone of ...if we lose possession , concede a tactical foul straight away , as high up the pitch as possible . That's Don Revie's 1970s Leeds again .
Today's game is about being ruthless , and cheating to the max you can get away with it . Which lets face it is a lot , I watched one man city game last year and one of their players should have picked up at least 6 yellow cards ( for tactical fouls ) before the 90 mins was up .
In today's game , possession is irrelevant .The most ruthless win the silverware.