Manchester City was originally favored by champions. But without the presence of KDB and Haaland I saw them losing their best performance. That can be seen from bad results in the last few matches. I think City should start thinking of finding De Bruyne's replacement because he has begun to retire. And I think that as long as De Bruyne and Haaland don't play City will continue to get bad results.
For me, Man City is still the favorite to win the EPL title, because Man City is only 5 points behind Arsenal who are in first place and the EPL league is still very long, not even half a season yet. You need to look at last season, before the middle of the season, Man City was also behind by a fairly large difference in points with Arsenal, but entering the 30th EPL League match, Man City was slowly able to catch up with Asenal in points to reach the top of the standings. At the end of the season, Man City became champions. Here are the facts
Regarding KDB and Hallaand, I read news that it is possible that in mid-January they will be included in the squad again. But what I want to say is don't think that Man City is unable to catch Arsenal because they are now in fourth position. Learn from history, they have a strong mentality, especially as coach Pep Guardiola can return to first place at any time.