I will talk about 2 things when a club holds the status of defending champion, the first is in terms of pressure, certainly the club with the status of defending champion will be more under very high pressure, because we all know that winning will be easier than defending the title. And the second is in terms of confidence, of course, with their status as defending champions they are in very high confidence, because they have been able to show that they are able to become champions in the Champions League. The question is whether they will be in which point, the first or the second, if they cannot control the pressure, the title will certainly be taken away, and if they can make more confidence above the pressure they will be able to defend it.
Let me guess your question Sir, although it is too early to say this because we often see different champions in UCL. But I think they (Machester City) may will probably be in the second point, after capable to win trophy the Champions League maybe they can come back to good play again and even more solidly, the winning mentality is already within players of Manchester City. When playing in the Premier League they can also be consistent and can survive as champions again, it is possible they can do it again in UCL.
Yes, it's very possible, especially since they still have a squad that is not much different, and they still have many players who are at a mature age, that could be an advantage they have.'
The key in my opinion is in a coach, I try to analyze from several clubs, sometimes what they do in their successful season then other clubs can have a formula to reduce it. This means that there must be genius from a coach to make his strategy not young to be read by the opponent. And seeing that, Guardiola is a coach who has that genius.