Maybe Liverpool will be back in form in time after all. If you look at the quality of that team, I think they are definitely better than Man City individually. Last year they left a lot behind in the beginning. Van Dijk is back, which makes a difference.
Injury storms that befell several players are one of the reasons Liverpool failed to defend their title and this has indeed been seen when the half of their season was still sluggish and not as strong as previous seasons.
and now I think it should be a transition period for Liverpool to survive and reclaim their title because considering that some players have started optimally and have recovered from injury