I think City's current strength lies in Kevin de Bruyne and Haaland. These two players were key to City's game in achieving the treble winner last season. We could see at the start of the season when KDB was injured how City's game was below our expectations. So KDB's return is the good news that fans have been waiting for. I hope KDB can play with Haaland again when their condition is 100%. Currently they are only 2 points behind Liverpool in first place and with many games still remaining I think City will again have a big chance to become back-to-back EPL champions this season.
In fact, Man City's strength is almost evenly distributed across each player, only with the return of Kevin De Bruyne and soon Haaland will also recover from injury, this will increase the strength of Man City's front line and it is very likely that in every match when these two players are played, the number goals per game will increase. However, the most crucial thing is Kevin De Bruyne because he is the mastermind behind the Man City attack. Even though he missed half the season, as soon as he played he immediately showed his class. Even though it's only been two matches, he has shown his level again, even Kevin De Bruyne came on as a substitute in two matches and immediately felt the impact for Man City. Maybe wait a month so he can return to appearing consistently like the last few years so it is not impossible that they can defend the EPL title this season. However, in my opinion, it is impossible to maintain the Treble Winner because of the UCL League this season, because Real Madrid has made very big changes after bringing in Jude.
Manchester City's current strength is indeed very complex because they are still very good in terms of skill and the average quality of the players, it's just that when looking at what happened, it seems that we must be aware that above the players who are indeed of the same average skill there are several players who are able to change the course of the match and the Manchester City scheme through their vision in playing and it is evident when several core players are injured and they are players who can be considered influential, Manchester City will still find it difficult when the schedule is tight. Indeed, if their schedule is not that busy they will definitely be able to maximize even though there are no several players in the squad but because of their busy schedule and the players are too shortened, this makes it a little difficult for Manchester City and in December last year we must have seen what happened because by losing several core players they made the EPL a little shaky even though in other competitions they were still very superior.