Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland were two important figures in the Manchester City squad last season, so when one of them suffered an injury and was absent from defending the team, it certainly disrupted the team's performance, especially if both of them were not there.
However, if we talk about the possibility of winning the Premier League, I think Man City is still very much in the cards and with quite a lot of games remaining in this season, anything is still possible, especially as Manchester City is currently only 5 points behind Arsenal who are at the top of the standings Premier League.
You forgot to mention Rodri in the list. With the absence of De Bruyne, Rodri’s presence has been very important to the squad because whenever he got injured, the team always feel it, likewise whenever Haalandbis in the field, they have that confidence of winning even though if they are without ball he is an irrelevant player, but if they created any chance he will show his quality as a good striker that is why they missed him due to injury.
So true, once rodri got injured and manchester city was always consistently getting several lost in a row. im seeing that if rodri has the most important role in the club right now. Im saying based on the truth if manchester city can't even play without rodri right now.
Im not saying he was the best but rodri is the only player that can help manchester city to get its club aware if city needs someone like rodri and de bruyne. This is the main problem owned by manchester city.
I have heard that pep has been targeting fulham's midfielder. I hope he will be the right decision for pep guardiola right now. Manchester city needs to get some players. The club needs to put attacking midfielder and striker as the main positions to be filled too.
This is caused by manchester city needs to anticipate once the club will be missing those guys like haaland and rodri due to the injuries. This is very important decision that needs to be taken as soon as possible.
Manchester city doesn't have good quality players like all of them. City needs to find their backup.