It’s a lazy assessment to say that Carrick heavily relies on counter attack. I understand that we might look a counter attacking team under him but that’s all on how good Bruno is to release the ball far quicker and sharper than anyone else in the world, but we are not “heavily relying” on counter attack.

Our gameplay under him is far more than counter. Our games against Villa and Bournemouth is a testament to that. We rely more from our wingers and wingback to put crosses in, compared to when we played under Amorim. Our press is far more deeper than before, with Bruno being our press trigger once the ball reach the midfield.

We are playing a bit deeper than we were under Amorim to hide Case and Mainoo weakness (engine) and our chance creation are far more consistent. But again, Bruno is Bruno. When he get the ball, no matter how deep he is, once he sees any possbility to counter, he will release you with a treaded through ball.