They can still come back - but both this Arsenal and City match is the same repudiation of the systems Pep and Arteta have created. It's all well good until you got a few players that can dribble and attack.
In their pursuit of dominating possession, they have dampened the 1v1 creativity of special dribblers.
That's why I appreciate Unai, no matter where he takes us, as he understands that you've got to give some of these Rogers/JJ/Bailey types a little bit of room to pick their spots to be creative instead of sticking them on the wing as expert ball recyclers.