We're one part away from the end game now of this series.

I started by talking about the Premier League and Pep Guardiola's flawed success in The Premier League X Farmers League then focused more on details about Pep Guardiola's flawed success in The Premier League X Pep Guardiola. Then I put the money conversation about Pep in perspective with Pep Guardiola X Money.

Pep Guardiola X Data showed how Manchester City should actually be bringing much better results than they are now and Pep Guardiola X Human Error was meant to show us why Manchester City aren't performing to the level they should.

Why Won't Guardiola Win The Champions League Again?

Because he created a machine.

Pep Guardiola's career in Manchester City will always be a unique one and different than any other experience a manager had with a club. Manchester City's whole project is dependent on one man only, Pep Guardiola.

A rich club owner that wants to remain forever with sporting directors who never disagree with him and always work to make him happy, and finally, young and talented players who are impressed by him, agree to play football that fits his liking.

That's the goal of everyone around Pep, but

What Is Pep Guardiola's Ultimate Goal?

His ultimate goal, or at least the one agreed upon between him and the owners isn't to dominate tournaments or win every title, but rather to reach a point of perfect football. That's the reason why Pep's post-Barcelona career, especially in Manchester City, is more philosophical.

It makes us wonder whether there is perfection in football or not. And if perfection did exist in football, how would anyone define it?

In Pep's case, perfection seems to mean total control. The amount of control Pep has in the club is like none other in his entire career, not even Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger in their prime had as much control over their clubs as Pep Guardiola.

That was supposed to help Pep Guardiola give the world the beautiful football he always wanted to show. And he was supposed to do so with more efficiency.

Was Pep Succesful At Doing That?

If you are a person who watched both teams live, which one would you choose: Pep's Barcelona or Pep's Manchester City? Take a second to think of your own answer and why before I share mine.

My answer is Barcelona. And no, I am not picking Barcelona because of the titles they won, I personally value league titles much higher than European titles and any tournament that is built on knockout stages. I'd even say that Pep's Manchester City at its best can beat Pep's Barcelona at its best, or at least has the tools to do so.

Pep's Barcelona Was Less Mechanical

That's the reason why I pick Pep's Barcelona over Pep's City. Yes, Pep created a great system in Barcelona but still, there was room for individuals. The players and coach had the same goal but the players had more breathing room.

That doesn't happen at Manchester City, there are still many ways to get to the goals, more than what any other coach could provide, but all of those ways are Pep's.

The Manchester City/Pep way is to keep passing as you could closer to the goal before scoring a tap-in.

Little To No Individualism

On May 6 during the 2008–2019 season, one week before the Premier League ended, Manchester City hosted Leicester City in a game they needed to win to gain that one point difference.

I am leaving an 8-minute long highlights video of the match as it should show how difficult the match was for Manchester City before the 70th-minute mark in the match (the 6th minute in the video) where Vincent Kompany shot a screamer from outside the box that gave Manchester City the win.

That goal is one of the very few goals that weren't "Pep's goals" I saw at Manchester City, it is also definitely the last one I saw that wasn't Pep-planned. I know some of you might bring up outside-the-box shots, but those are still within the playstyle.

Let me phrase it like this, when was the last time you saw a Manchester City goal that you haven't seen score 10 times before?

That's The Problem

After Pep Guardiola rocketed to stardom with Barcelona, he started facing more and more teams that parked the bus completely. 3 teams that parked the bus completely cost Pep 3 of his first 4 finals. Those three teams are Mourinho's Inter, Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea, and Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid in case you're wondering.

More and more teams were parking the bus, costing Pep precious points, wins, and titles. With those losses over the smallest details, he'd get more obsessed about avoiding those mistakes.

In Conclusion

Perfectionism is a must for Pep at this point, how else can he defeat teams he's up against that park the bus? That obsession is what made him the best in the world in my opinion, as he managed to minimize human error as much as possible and there are very few to no games where Pep's Manchester City didn't deserve the win, whether they actually won or not during those games.

But, that obsession is also the reason why I believe Pep Guardiola won't be winning the Champions League title again.