Pep Guardiola's tactics in Manchester City's Champions League final defeat by Chelsea have taken a hammering after the Catalan's decision to start without any holding midfielders badly backfired. Here, Sportsmail recalls the other big moments in Europe's top competition where Guardiola got it badly wrong. Journalist Marti Perarnau recounted the episode in his book Pep Confidential, revealing what Guardiola said in his pre-game team talk. After the game, Guardiola was livid with himself for listening to his players misguided pleas to use attack as the best form of defence. Guardiola said he went without Fernandinho and Rodri because he wanted to have 'quality players' to find space against Chelsea.

Source: Daily Mail May 31, 2021 21:01 UTC