"There was a game last season, Stern tells me, when an opposing team got the better of Brighton via a high, consistent press. And won.
‘We knew we could try to play through that press,’ he says. But instead De Zerbi noted the opponents’ press left them vulnerable to counter-attacks. The next...
That quote from Jack Stern: “But above all Roberto is clear. We want to play with risk but only if the risk is slightly in our favour.”
Replace 'Roberto' with 'Tony' and you have the strategy that's made the money to pay for it all.
It's a great read, but I see that he missed the set piece...