I don't think the match between Manchester City and Liverpool was intense from the start, If that were the case then maybe we would have seen something better from Manchester City. Moreover it was very easy for all of us to predict this match because we have seen in many matches that Manchester City Football Club's defense was not good. Maybe that team didn't even have the right confidence because they recently lost matches against Real Madrid. While watching that match, it seemed like Manchester City might have shown something better if Erling Haaland had played. Everyone may be impressed by the way Liverpool is performing at the moment.
Look at the City squad that came out for this game against Liverpool, Guardiola is already starting to form a young team, in fact, this is what he said after the match, that it was a young team, with the exception of De Bruyne. Perhaps it was worth starting to do this in the summer, but the season is lost, and now there are even rumors about Guardiola's possible dismissal in the event of a deterioration in the results. But Guardiola says that he is happy with the game, in the last matches he sees the City he is used to.