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Guardiola's scientific approach doomed Manchester City against Chelsea - Xavier

The retired midfielder claimed the Citizens were unable to lift a maiden European trophy due to the manager's experimental approach

Former AFC Leopards midfielder Francis Xavier has claimed Manchester City lost the Champions League final to Chelsea due to Pep Guardiola's 'scientific approach'.

Chelsea claimed their second Champions League trophy with a 1-0 win over the Manchester club and Xavier believes Guardiola experimented. According to the retired Kenyan footballer, the Spanish coach must find and stick to a favourable formation that suits his players.

"Pep is scientific. He is always experimenting on everything and inventing some tactics and maybe this is not working for him," Xavier told Goal.