The British press highlighted this Sunday the “deserved” victory of Chelsea against Manchester City (0-1) in the final of the Champions League in Porto (Portugal) and believes that the unusual team of players selected by Pep Guardiola contributed to the defeat.
“The Sunday Telegraph” headlines that “Kai Harvertz crowns Chelsea as kings of Europe and shatters Man City’s Champions League dreams,” and notes that Guardiola “paid the price for his daring midfield selection”, That left a team that seemed “uncoordinated.”
“The Sunday Times” maintains that Chelsea’s German manager Thomas Tuchel “cleverly mocked” his Catalan rival, whose “bet” with a strange combination of players “failed on the biggest stage” of football.
Like the rest of the headers, “The Sun” celebrates the performance of Havertz, who says he “sunk” Manchester City, and stresses that Guardiola “touched the team too much”, by opting “to leave out his two defensive midfielders”, which, he claims, “didn’t work.” As a result, he adds, Man City “will have to keep waiting for glory.”
The public channel BBC also wonders if Guardiola did not “alter too much” the team in the match against Chelsea and maintains that the exclusion of Fernandinho and Rodri left the team exposed in midfield while undermining the defense and the attack. EFE (HN)