I saw a lot of people criticising Chelsea for their performance against Liverpool last season for example, despite being the better team and winning. While Arsenal were getting praised for their win against City. They converted the two chances they had (two set pieces) but other than that defended deep with ten men behind the ball. Not much different to the Chelsea performance tbh.
Before that they got criticised for being tactically naive but in general most criticism was more about them not having the mental strength to win against the big boys. Though you can't really expect a possession game to work when the team doesn't press. And for a team that is portrayed as one that has a certain style of playing, it's very disappointing to see them abandoning their philosophy just so they have a slightly better chance to win. Really good managers could make their team play the same way but improve the finer details of it.
should have been taken off instead of dembele