Even so, I think Manchester City also needs to maintain its performance considering the season will be very busy. Manchester City can also be overtaken by other teams including Newcastle and Tottenham. So they have to be really careful about those bad possibilities.
With the experience Guardiola has I think Man City will remain strong for the season. They have provided strong evidence in the last season. Although today they have different players, but their quality is better. So I think the reason for the busy schedule won't make Man City bad.
Indeed, there are always many possibilities, this is because there are still quite a lot of matces. There are about twenty-four games still left for the EPL. Indeed at the moment Newcastle and Totenham are obvious threats. Their gap is very slim a one-time mistake would allow Man City to drop the rankings.
Experience matters but what happens when you have a smart guy who as an opponent who have young and energetic weapons to battle you, they will likely outshine you in the long especially if they are craving for it so much. If you look at Michael Arteta's career record, he had no Premier League in his record and considering that everyone around his cycle all want the same thing, they will definitely go hear.
Looking at the table, it is possible for Manchester City to finish the season to complete at the first place but they have to make sure that Arsenal losses to some guys at least 2 matches and make sure that City win most of their match