Keith Treacy: Pep Guardiola's temptation to over-think is main risk to Manchester City in Champions League final

"When you look at Guardiola's reaction, the outpouring of emotion, I think he knew that this was the trickiest game of the two."

From Keith Treacy's vantage point, Pep Guardiola's post-match elation after Saturday's FA Cup final win over derby rivals Manchester United betrayed the Manchester City manager's feelings about the final two staging points of their treble bid.

With two trophies in the bag, the Sky Blues now go into this Saturday night's Champions League final - live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player - as heavy favourites against Inter Milan.

Guardiola has fallen upon a system spearheaded by Erling Haaland, featuring John Stones in midfield and without nominal wing-backs that has swept all before them during the run-in.

Thus far, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager has not shown an inclination to try and fix what's not broken as he has done occasionally in past Champions League campaigns.

And as long as he avoids that temptation, City should have too much for Inter according to ex-Republic of Ireland midfielder Treacy.

"It's difficult to see any weaknesses anywhere. But the one thing I'd be worried about if I was a City supporter would be if Pep starts to over-think things," he told the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.

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"Nine times out of 10, Manchester City's players are better than the other players that are on the pitch, so if they work as hard as them they'll win the game. It's as simple as that.

"But sometimes Pep just gets bogged down in these tactics. And I think if Inter Milan