Their midfield was key last season and if we now think about who is left of that midfield, both are gone. Gundogan and De Bruyne. Since the two controlled the whole Manchester City game and also scored goals and gave countless assists, it doesn't come as a surprise that now when both of them are absent the game is much worse than it was last season. I think this is probably the difficult task ever for Guardiola to find two successors for Gundogan and De Bruyne who are able to manage the Manchester City game on the same level.
Kevin De Bruyne is arguably one of the best players in the Premier League. In a few years, he will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the icons of the Premier League. İlkay Gündoğan was also a midfielder who scored a lot of goals despite being a midfielder. Especially in critical moments, he could come on the scene and change the fate of the match. He was very cool and very professional. Kevin De Bruyne suffered an unfortunate injury and Manchester City were helpless. But it was clear that Ilkay Gundogan would leave the team. I think Manchester City should have made a good signing to replace him. They are a bit wrong in this regard.
Guendogan had joined in the barcelona. Manchester city is still having rodri who played a very important role in the club. De bruyne may be back again later as he has been actively participating in the training session. I see no problem suffered by manchester city caused by the club is still having so many players to play. While we may be without Haaland and Bruyne, there has been a noteworthy development that has influenced them in a positive way. Haaland and bruyne had reportedly recovered from their injury and they potentially to perform in the next game of manchester city. Im putting this as my main concern caused by having those two will make manchester city goes crazy again. I remember that bruyne was king of assist while haaland was king of one tap.
The comeback of those guys will be making their opponents feel so scared with them all. Currently, Manchester City has positioned Alvarez as a striker, however, this strategy is expected to change once a player with a powerful shot returns to the team. I hope that those guys will be coming back as soon as possible. Seeing good news regarding the development of their injury made me feel convenient if those guys will be back later. Haaland and bruyne will be the key for city to win UCL again this season.
Real madrid and bayern munich have been improving a lot compared to the last season. These will be main threats for those clubs.