Man City manager Pep Guardiola has finally admitted to having the tendency to 'overthink' things in the Champions League amid his rookie error in last season's final that eventually allowed Kai Havertz to win the crown for Chelsea.
Guardiola has always been a man to rotate a team in all competitions and why wouldn't he with the size of his Man City squad. But in the Champions League itself, he has always been known for thinking outside the box. And that's exactly what he did in last season's final in Porto against the now two-time winners of the competition. News had surfaced earlier on May 30, 2021, that the Spaniard was prepared to play without a natural holding midfielder and that's exactly what he did in the end to his own detriment.
A rather attacking midfield three of Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gundogan and Phil Foden took to the Estadio do Dragao pitch in what turned out to be a historic night for Thomas Tuchel and co. That decision itself was the costly factor in deciding the final. Mason Mount's splitting pass through the whole of the non-defensive Man City midfield eventually resulted in Kai Havertz rounding Ederson and slotting in.
