The two defeats suffered by Manchester City in their last two matches confirm that the Premier League has improved compared to last season. Arsenal managed to beat Manchester City this season in two consecutive meetings in two different competitions, but that was not a big setback for Manchester City.
Manchester City and Pep Guardiola know what they have to do after those two defeats, so I think they will be fully ready to react in the next game after the international break is over. Pep Guardiola and his team will host Brighton on October 21 and it is an important game for them to win. I won't be pessimistic about Manchester City this season, but I wouldn't mind if other teams like Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham could compete fiercely for the title instead of just Manchester City and Arsenal like last season.
They're still very strong league contenders all they need to do is put their heads together as team and look for a possible solution to put them on track again, and I believe Pep would be working on a game plan currently to put his team in other and not allow their 2 consecutive defeats in the EPL to affect them mentally, well it's a good thing that one of their key player who got booked with will be returning to the team again after the international break after serving his 3 match ban.
Pep Guardiola really misses Rodri, he's very impressive in his position and finding a suitable replacement is not something easy for Pep Guardiola and hopefully he'll come back from the international break in a good shape to help his team defeat Brighton in their next match,well City needs to sit up cause the competition this season is more tougher than the previous.