In fact, City played not badly
They did not play badly, as bad as we have seen them be this season, and they did not play well, as well as we have seen them be in other seasons. The new players in Manchester City all show promising signs, but maybe it is in next season that we will see them fully integrated to the Manchester City's coach style of play.
More Premier league games tomorrow, I think we can start congratulating Liverpool already.
They didn't play badly (like when they were beaten by Real Madrid), but they weren't good enough to even hold Liverpool to a draw, and I think Guardiola needs to do an evaluation soon because all their lines seem to have problems. Their midfield lacks much creativity, making it difficult to create good chances, while the front line also could not do the finishing clinically but this is somewhat understandable because Liverpool defended very well. The worst is their defensive line, and it seems that the new defenders are not enough to solve their problems.
How can it be said that Man City is not playing badly, when compared to last season Man City is a scary club and has also dominated the Premier League for the past few seasons, and this season they are really playing badly not only badly they also play with the old game in my opinion, because the game played by Pep is a game that is no longer marketable and in my opinion Pep should use the game he implemented, because if we look at the Liverpool system and also Bournemouth and several other teams they use a contemporary system so that the game like the one played by Man City is very easy to read by opponents and what made them slump this season is Pep's outdated game or strategy.
Man City's problem is also not in defense but losing Halaand also makes them unable to do much, and in my opinion the purchase of young players that Pep expected also did not help especially Marmoush everyone thinks this player is very real for Man City but I had expected playing in the EPL would be difficult for him and in my opinion not only Pep's technique is starting to decline but Pep's purchase is also hasty in assessing young players.
Their next meeting is against Spurs and being an away game for them it will be tough for Man City in their bid to get the best result this season in the standings and I am quite curious whether Man City can bounce back from their defeat at Spurs? I don't think so.