In the good times of a team, everyone is with that team, but in the bad times of the team, those who support the team and who believe that their team will come back again, those fans are true fans who love their team. Manchester City is not a team that has performed poorly on a regular basis but some of their key midfielders are missing at the moment and some players are not at their best which is why Manchester City's performance seems a bit random. However, this poor performance is temporary because Pep Guardiola is still in charge of Manchester City and he certainly will not lose faith in his team so easily. If they are patient and can adopt the right strategy then I think Manchester City will be back to their normal performance.
It's temporary time for Manchester City but Liverpool is running already with 7 points difference in the table while Chelsea, Arsenal, Nottingham are coming closer to where they are. It will take to them atleast 1 draw 2 win to reach Liverpool and Liverpool has to lose 3 matches in a row to be able to meet up with them but we know that's not happening now, not under the watch of Arne Slot that is not jokimg right now with Liverpool performance.
Saw Pep saying mind games on one of his interview, I heard Pep saying once they start losing two or three matches then it's posible they are not going to win the trophy and I just laugh because that was just kind games, nothing more. They experienced this last season but it was with Arsenal and they later fumble and lost a lot of matches which gave City a lead to recover but I don't think Liverpool are going to repeat that mistake, City wouldn't get away this time.