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Manchester city are using good when playing at home and I don’t see them not getting maximum points against Liverpool. They dropped 2 points against Chelsea in their last game and I’m not sure Guardiola would want to drop any more points especially as they’re contesting for the league title this season. Liverpool have also been in an excellent form this season too, Liverpool are just a point behind Manchester city after 12 matches and will go to the Etihad full of confidence after a thumping win over Brentford.
Liverpool can face this Manchester team same way Chelsea approached them and still get a point or more. Regardless of the result in this game, this year top 4 will be very tight. Everybody wants to be in there and it will take some kind of work and commitment to stay afloat. Manchester City are still the best team but they’re somehow vulnerable now. Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs are all good teams capable of pushing Manchester city.
The race for the Premier League title this season is considered better than last season. Manchester City is not alone in getting there so the pressure and challenges will be very heavy. Liverpool and Tottenham have joined the race for the title instead of just Arsenal like last season. But I still believe that Manchester City and the skill of its coach will be able to quell the desire of the other 3 teams to win the title in the end.
Pep Guardiola is of course very challenged this season because his team has experienced slight changes in performance. Injury problems have affected the consistency of performance, but they are clearly still better than the other 19 teams until week 12. I agree with your analysis, but it is only a possibility and Pep Guardiola really deserves it because they are the defending champions for the last 3 seasons.