There's no doubting he has the ability to pull of individual moments of magic. But that's partly why I don't think he is frustrating to watch. It's always individual with him. Pep's system is about building relationships between the forward players so they all know each other's movements and skillsets. That's why we can chop and change our forwards and still see the systematic principles in play.
Except for Mahrez. He doesn't have a relationship with the full back on his side. He takes too many touches halting the momentum of a lot of our moves. And he is just overly lethargic off the ball. I think this season has shown what an incredible player Bernardo is because along with his amazing technical play, he is a terrier who gets us going. Mahrez has mercurial talent with the ball out of his feet - he can pluck the ball out of the sky and bend one into the top corner on his day. But football is more than that and especially in a Pep Guardiola team.
Except for Mahrez. He doesn't have a relationship with the full back on his side. He takes too many touches halting the momentum of a lot of our moves. And he is just overly lethargic off the ball. I think this season has shown what an incredible player Bernardo is because along with his amazing technical play, he is a terrier who gets us going. Mahrez has mercurial talent with the ball out of his feet - he can pluck the ball out of the sky and bend one into the top corner on his day. But football is more than that and especially in a Pep Guardiola team.