Manchester City have full potentiality to get in top four and finish this season in top four at the season ending but they are weaker than previous season and currently they are in a very tight competition with many clubs for top four. This tightness of competition means there is no much space for mistakes and the season is no longer too long with many matches left for them to fix mistakes.
This season is going to its very last weeks and matches that decide ending rank of each club, and mistakes during this important phase will be paid with very expensive cost. Anyway with quality, experience and mentality of champion, I believe Manchester City will be able to handle this task well enough and a position in top four will belong to them in late of May.
They would have the potential without a doubt, the team is made up of strong players, however from a morale point of view i see it with a negative outlook, i don't see them motivated and i don't see how they can get out of the ditch. In my opinion they won't get to the Champions League and i think the coach is risking his job
My prediction, Man City even though they are in a slump this season but I am sure Pep Guardiola knows what they have to fight for in the remaining EPL matches to be able to finish in the top four. Even with the quality of players that Man City has and looking at the current standings, Man City still has a chance to end this season in 3rd place, with his experience and class Pep Guardiola should be able to. Nottinham will drop to 4th place, while Chelsea will be in 5th place and will not be able to participate in the Champions League for 3 consecutive years. This is just a prediction
Man City in the next match only has two tough matches left, namely against Deby Manchester and against Aston Villa, the rest will be against weak teams, indeed should not be underestimated, but Pep Guardiola seems to have learned from experience not to underestimate every opponent. With the experience that Pep Guardiola has, for some reason I am still optimistic that he can end the season in third place. But we'll see how it will be when facing Leicester City at the beginning of this month, because this victory will raise the morale of the players to face the next matches.