I agree with you that Barcelona executes the style in a more natural way, but it's still mostly boring as fuck to watch, especially when playing against competent opponents that know how to close up space and players have to pass the ball around on their side of the field just to retain possession. Not to say it can't openup opportunities like Messi's goal today, where you just nail that string of passes and also looks exhilarating; instances like this are far in between now that coaches had time to adapt to it.
Kinda goes to show Klopp > Guardiola as of right now. Guardiola is trying to carry over tactics to a team that isn't cut for it, instead of trying to understand the team he's working with, studying the strengths and weaknesses of particular players. In reality, he probably does do this, but still ends up trying to accommodate the team to his set ways. At least Klopp's gegenpressing contains the opportunity for some exciting soccer, as it relies on aggression and counter attacking.
