Pep Guardiola joked that Manchester City will play with 12 against Atletico as he leaned into his reputation for overthinking.
The Catalan coach won the Champions League twice in his first three years in management but did not manage to lift the trophy in three attempts with Bayern and has fallen on five occasions with City. Guardiola has developed an unwelcome reputation for tinkering with his team too much in big European games - most recently in the final last season against Chelsea where he decided to start without a holding midfielder for the first time in the campaign.
Guardiola has since admitted regret over the final, and their run past the quarter-finals last season featured a reliable XI that played in the same style throughout in a way that hinted City had found the consistency they had been searching for. However, the Blues boss insists that different players and different opposition deserve different approaches and so he will continue to think as much as he can about each match.
