Manchester City's form this season cannot be compared with Liverpool's poor form. Liverpool have some work to do to get them back to winning again. Manchester city are looking much more favorites to win the league again this season, Arsenal have showed they can be competitive but I doubt their squad is good enough to carry them till the end of the season.
Yes they have to improve first before they can finally be compared to Manchester City. It's interesting to see him the team that was talked about a lot at the start to be the favorites to get a different result. Even not only in terms of the team, their two new recruits also got very different results. Haaland has been able to show his quality with Manchester City, while Nunez is still very difficult at Liverpool.
When Man City failed in the Champions League last season, it makes Guardiola open his eyes, that Man City really needs a striker. For that Man City signed Haaland for a fairly high transfer value but it's worth it because the contribution Haaland has made to Man City so far has certainly lived up to Guardiola's expectations. We all know that Premier League still has a long way to go and everything can still change but I think Man City is still the strongest candidate to win the EPL this season.
Manchester City's failure to win the Champions league last season taught Pep Guardiola a lesson, a very important lesson that has made Guardiola sit up and decided to go all out in the transfer market to get a very good striker in Haaland who has strengthened the team even more and made Guardiola's attack very formidable. Manchester city are currently the strongest team in the league and the top favorite to win the league.