With the way things are going, Liverpool looks like the biggest candidate even more clearly after today. They have the gap at 8 points after today, I do think that City will recover and do better, but I am not sure how much better they will get, will they get 8+ points gap closing levels of better? I do not think so, but you never know in world of football. Still, Liverpool having this much gap is insane, and only within 12 games as well, so we are not even halfway into the season and they already have 8 points gap, that's a lot in such a short amount of game. Lets see how they will go, but I believe we are going to end up seeing Liverpool have a monumental season without many issues.
Yes, the problem wouldn't exist if the club had complete players with have good substitute and didn't have injured players. So far, Liverpool has kept their players fit and in good condition so that they can play with the strategy that has been prepared. What's going on in Manchester city is happened on many big club before. The injured player who doesn't have a good substitution would be overwhelming. Pep is messing around with this and still find the solution.
8 points different may be too far to chase, but we still have 26 weeks left. In the current time, anything change can happen. We don't know in the near future Liverpool may have a problem with their player and got the same problem as Manchester city. Liverpool must prepare what they should do if they encounter the same problem from today.