Aston Villa hero Dean Saunders can understand Ollie Watkins thriving under manager Unai Emery.
Saunders says there's a difference between how Villa now play and under former manager Steven Gerrard.
He told The Mirror: "When Steven Gerrard was manager, Villa were trying to play a style of football where Ollie doesn't get the ball until the eighth or ninth pass. That didn't suit him at all. He wasn't scoring goals.
"He relies on a back four being out of shape when a ball is played up to him. He knows where to run. If you're making eight passes, then any defence worth its salt has time to get set. They can put themselves into position and get the distances right between them - they're all in sync.
"But now when Villa turn the ball over - and the opposition right-back's up the pitch - or one centre-half is a yard or two in front of the other one, as a striker you can suddenly see a gap to run into. If you've got four defenders stood in front of you, you've got nowhere to run apart from towards the ball. That doesn't suit him. He needs to be going the other way - towards the goal. Ollie Watkins thrives on chaos. He loves it. He looks for it and thrives off it. I can see exactly what Unai Emery has done.
"He's pushed the defence 15 yards further up the pitch, they're condensing the play and clearly their players have been told: 'Get the ball up there to Ollie Watkins.' He knows that. And it's the best feeling ever. When I was playing, I used to demand that myself. If people passed the ball sideways without looking at me - and I was in on goal - I'd go mental at them.
"What Villa are doing is finding him. And he knows now when the opposition go forward with the ball, he drifts into gaps. Now, if John McGinn wins the ball back - he doesn't even need to look - he knows Watkins is off. And once he's off, with that pace he's got, you aren't going to catch him."