It cannot be denied that Manchester City is a team that will continue its dominance because of its financial strength and the ability of its coach. Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea will certainly struggle to stop this dominance, but Manchester United doesn't seem to have the ability to do so. Manchester City may fail to defend their title, but we have got proof that they can dominate so far.
Manchester City may loose their next game because they may likely be without their goal scoring machine Haaland and Rodri who have ankle injury and did not play for Spain against Cyprus because of what was described as a 'discomfort". Liverpool is not a team that they will want to be without Rodri especially and then Haaland, because their performance will be greatly affected. If Liverpool win the game and move to first place, it will be difficult for any team to take that first place back from them, including Manchester City.