Imagine telling Pep Guardiola a decade ago he wouldn’t be lifting the European Cup again. The wait goes on. Three times falling short in campaigns with Bayern Munich. Now a fifth failure with Man City. For all his coaching genius, Guardiola can be too clever for his own good.

A 10-year wait to return to a Champions League final—after the second of his Barcelona successes—is a long time. And overthinking, if the strategy to take on Chelsea was anything to go by on Saturday. Tinkering for the biggest game in City’s history, the unfamiliar line-up sent out by Guardiola was beaten by a coach in only his 30th match in-charge of Chelsea.