Manchester City are actually under probability because, as everyone knows, Manchester City has been the winner of the trophy since the season 2017/2018 till the last season, and we all know that they are capable of winning the trophy, but if we could still remember last season, Arsenal were just 2 points below Manchester City in the table and Liverpool were 9 points below them. So if one of these two teams puts more effort, I know they will find it easy to win the trophy from Manchester City this season, and from all indications, as you have also mentioned, they have a strong defence that will be very hard to penetrate, so I think they will actually be a challenge for Manchester City, most especially Arsenal, because I see the potential in them and they are trying their best to see that they achieve their goals, and those goals are the trophy.
I think it's going to be a bit harder for Manchester City to win the title this season compared to the last few seasons. There is no doubt that Manchester City are very strong. However, if Haaland somehow suffers an injury, it will be difficult for City to maintain consistency. In the past few seasons we have seen Haaland playing as Alvarez as Haaland's replacement when he faced injury. And we've seen good performances from Alvarez in every match. Manchester City do not have a suitable replacement for Haaland this season.
Arsenal and Liverpool, on the other hand, have tried to solve their internal squad problems this season. And these two groups have been largely successful. We saw better performances from Arsenal and Liverpool in both matches. So if Manchester City's performance is unstable then it will not be possible for City to occupy the top spot in the table this season. This is why I think it will be more difficult for Manchester City to dominate the Premier League this year.
This is exactly what has been running in my head because I have been thinking about Haaland if they are a good replacement for him in the team, but it is not that they are not a replacement for him, but the replacement will not be as good as Haaland is to Manchester City. Although we know it is hard for them to find the best to replace it, Haaland go on an injury and know well that Arsenal and Liverpool's defence is strong, then those teams will wait for such time and utilise it in order to go more than we expected from them, so definitely this season's trophy is dangling for Manchester City because they already have a medium chance to win the trophy again.