There will definitely be pros and cons to the statement made by Pep. But what is certain is what Pep must do in the future so that they can return to their best performance. They must be more focused and solid to realize it all. The journey is not easy, however, they must win in these matches against Nottm Forest and also Crystal Palace. They must win, if not, their position will be further shifted down again.
And in the next all matches in December, Man City should get more victories than Loss even in EPL and also UCL.
Source: Manchester City Fixtures - DecemberFrom these fixtures, if Man City is at its top performance, they can very well get 100% victory. However, if you look at the conditions that are happening to them right now, it will be quite challenging to face Juventus, Man United, and Aston Villa. Man City must do more efforts.
Problems in Manchester City are from both attacking, midfield and defense areas, and it's multiple challenges for Pep to resolve. It's not easy to resolve like you only have problems in defense and you can use your team's powerful attacks to cover weakness in defense. Or if your attacking power has issues, you can use your midfielders or defenders as aces under sleeves to have winning goals.
Manchester City with many injured players, currently have problems in all areas and Pep Guardiola is struggling to help them improving in performances as a team.