Liverpool vs Manchester City next week will determine a lot of things. Although Manchester City have the opportunity to turn things around in the second half of the season, as they did in the last two seasons, it seems that Pep Guardiola squad will have a very difficult time this season. Not because Manchester City are not capable of doing it, but Liverpool have been impressive and unstoppable. Next week's match will have a direct impact on the competition for trophies, if Manchester City lose points again, then I agree that Liverpool will almost certainly be able to win the Premier League trophy this season.
Liverpool are showing their best quality at the moment and Manchester City missed the chance to reduce the points gap to Liverpool after suffering a very embarrassing defeat.
This season has been much harder for Manchester City and I doubt they can make a big change in the second half of the season like last season.
If last season they were able to catch up with Arsenal's points, then this season I don't think they will be able to do it again.
The morale of the Manchester City players will certainly be quite disturbed because this is their fifth consecutive defeat and this is the first time that Manchester City have experienced this after successfully dominating the Premier League for four seasons.
Manchester City's chances of competing are very small because Liverpool's performance is much better this season, making it difficult for Pep Guardiola to retain the title this season.