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.
https://talksport.com/football/1644946/man-city-erling-haaland-rodri-injuries-liverpool/Manchester City is a club with lots of depth amongst and within the squad. They might lose important players to the international break but they still have capacity built-in.
With these names you've called absent, It's time for others who've never had his chance to replace and impress Pep Guardiola who still lead's at the top
Julian Alvarez can make up for the exit of Erling Haaland due to his Injury. Kovacic can also replace Rodri who have been a solid rock for Manchester City!