Definitely, Manchester city can win matches without Erling Haaland even without Kelvin De Bryune because Pep Guardiola has built the club such that the absence of any key player may not really affect the club because all the players are perfectly doing well in their various positions and considering the fact that they also have quality substitute that can also stand as replacement if some of the key players are unavailable for any match and they can do quite alright.
It is true, but it cannot be denied that without Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland, Manchester City's performance has decreased slightly and indeed the Manchester City team was able to win the match without their two main players, but when facing top teams, the Manchester City team will have a little difficulty without them. their two mainstay players.
So true, it can be seen from how manchester city was always struggling to win the game even though it was dominating the game. De bruyne and haaland has created differentiate toward manchester city and those guys are the reasons city won UCL last season.
As long as city will have them back again and im not seeing other big club as threats for king city. King city will always be able dominating the competition with all of its greatest players in this decade.
De bruyne was just a magician who can make anything possible with his pass while haaland has one of strongest shoot in the football. No doubt that if the combination between both are making the situation even better for manchester city.
The cluib will regain its champion trophy again this season. City needs to be careful about that caused by this is also very important for the club to get EPL and UCL again this season.
Madrid was the only strongest competitor for manchester city to gather UCL back to back again.