It has to be said that this season Mancity has lost quite a few key players who made history in the previous season like Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez. And Kevin De Bruyne are sidelined with long-term injuries, leaving Rodri to shoulder the entire midfield. Meanwhile, another quality midfielder, Kalvin Phillips, hasn't been favored by Pep.
Additionally, Mancity's defense is showing numerous issues, as evident in the recent game against Crystal Palace where they conceded and equalized very easily in the last 15 minutes. The current problem with Mancity is that they struggle to close out games; when the attack scores, the defense tends to falter. The lack of focus in defense and a squad not deep enough for Pep to make effective adjustments have caused Mancity to often stumble towards the end of matches, resulting in conceding undeserved goals.
Manchester City loss of players have made their stat to reduce drastically especially as they’re in a bid to defend their title, If you notice they’ve already lost more games than they did last season and they’re sitting 4th on the log. Yes, they still have some sidelined players but they are already used to some key players patterns and that’s one major setback for this team.
They don’t have some quality sitting out on the bench and that’s one thing causing a setback for them because it’s making Pep Guardiola right to lack selections. Now this is where Pep Guardiola has to bring in his masterpiece to work and help this team get back on track because any further falter may result in them not going home with any trophy this season,and it would be very bad for a title defenders of three different trophies.