Manchester City will face West Ham in this week's match. West Ham performed quite well at the start of this season so it will be a little difficult to say that Manchester City will succeed in stealing 3 points at West Ham's home ground. Moreover, Kevin De Bruyne has not yet recovered from his injury, so it will take a lot of effort to beat West Ham in front of their supporters.
West Ham is a very tough opponent for big clubs in last three seasons and this season is continuing like this. Manchester City will welcome their star players from FIFA days which make them a bit of exhausted and they will not start the match against West Ham with 100% readiness in fitness and mentality. Manchester City are stronger than West Ham and they can use some substitutions for this match as said, their star players who played in FIFA days must have some time to recharge energy.
We can temporarily forget about Kevin De Bruyne before he starts training after recovery. Manchester City must adapt to play without De Bruyne in many months of this season.
Apart from that, the competition for the trophy this season, of course Liverpool is part of it because they have found their best strength again this season. Jurgen Kloop will not waste this opportunity and of course he will pressure his players to appear impressive in every match.
Liverpool are coming back in this season and they even are ready to compete for Premier League again. They are only 2 points less than a first club and with their strong attacking system, they are ready to compete for the trophy. They must focus more on their defense to reduce points lost by weak defense from that they will collect more points for the race with Manchester City and perhaps Arsenal.