As I said before Manchester City will not be able to pursue Liverpool because they have problems with defense lines and their efforts will be in vain if there is no change there, if you check the standings then you will know that currently Manchester City is the worst team between the top 10 because they conceded the most so what we expect from them in this situation? yeah in my opinion Manchester City can wait until the transfer window is open in January.
Even though they have conceded a lot of goals, Manchester City can still occupy the second position in the Premier League standings at this time although it is indeed quite difficult to catch Liverpool who continue to win in any match at this time. And the solution you said is quite reasonable because considering that there are three other teams in the top five standings only one point away from Manchester City so City must be able to get better defenders in the transfer window in January. Because that can at least save City to stay in the top four zone this season.