Every team must have experienced that phase and what Manchester City is experiencing right now is normal, I think even last season they have experienced something like this, especially now with many of Manchester City's main players being injured, of course their performance has dropped drastically.
It is not Manchester City that is going through that challenge, Manchester United have also been on the same boat foe a while with their fate still uncertain as they have a brand new manager. I recur that Bayern Munic also faced similar situation last season and there have been times we were thinking that Chelsea would be relegated due to misfortune that befell them in the league. So these are normal things that teams go through and came out stronger. The case of Manchester City is not really as bad as it is being portrayed because they still have a chance at winning the league.
Yeah, one thing I love about the Premier League is that a particular team can't continue dominating forever, on the long run they'll lose their supremacy and a new team would take over, City's dominance is not a new thing likewise the injury crisis they're facing Liverpool and Manchester United been in similar situation, they've been the best for years before teams like Manchester City, Chelsea and others came into the picture, currently Manchester City is supreme but they'll soon lose it and another team would reign again, probably Liverpool or Arsenal. Well, Arsenal is not very serious and look comfortable with being runners up therefore i think the next team that might take over City's supremacy is Liverpool, they're really in a very good shape this season, Kloop laid a good foundation for Arne Slot and he's managing the team more than expected of him, if Manchester City fail to defend their title this season, Liverpool seems like the next most likely to win it. Well, let's see how it goes since the league hasn't gone very far yet.