The Citizens lost 4 games in a row and we all know the cause of that. City are having a very bad time in the game with some of their key players out due to injury and instead of having them recover we get to see some going to join the other ones. For Pep Guardiola to say they have lost the race for the title only means two things, 1: it is either the whole injury situation has gone beyond his reach or 2: maybe Pep is playing a mind game on the other competitors.
In the next match, the most challenging is Man City, because they will face Tottenham who last lost to Tottenham. This is not too good for Man City's reputation and also their position in the standings. However, Pep has said that they have evaluated it and will show a very strong Man City again. Will this really happen? I'm pretty sure with current situation and after international break, Man City will come back again, pep Guardiolla will let the club lost 5time consecutively.
Facing Tottenham again won't be a problem to Pep Guardiola because he has already played them before and he lost but this time I believe he'll get something out of this encounter when the time comes. Losing 4 in a row is like becoming a big failure to Pep and he's going to re-write his mistake, I have that feeling that after the international break Manchester City won't be as slow as they have been and they will make the EPL a bit difficult for their opponents, their midfield won't be as weak as it were with the return of KDB it will be much better after the break.