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Manchester City's Achilles Heel: Chelsea Win the 2021 Champions League

      Ecstasy on one side, devastation on the other.     In an unprecedented Champions League Final, Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1-0 after 90 minutes. Thomas Tuchel's side was triumphant by a 42' minute winner by young German star Kai Havertz.      The game was scrappy, fast-paced, and climacteric, but Manchester City fell prey to the electrifying play by the Blues. But what went wrong for City today?     Let's begin with the starting lineups, and the tactics ushered out by Pep Guardiola. To begin, Pep made the audacious decision of starting out-of-form Raheem Sterling on the wing, who, as of recently, has been in the headlines as a potential move away from City looms.      The move away from the Pep's practically unbeatable false 9 formation is testament to Guardiola's biggest weakness: overthinking.  Guardiola is known for his brilliant tactical mind and his ability to deploy tactics to cont...