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
It's not a prediction but a necessity that Pep is doing right now.
They are still possible to get 1 trophy at least for the FA Cup and that can be an option to be in the champions League next season but that does not mean they also have to give up positions in the top 4 because after all this will be a big setback if in the end Manchester City cannot be in the top 4 this season after they were previously very superior with 4 consecutive seasons getting the trophy.
It's just that things like this will only happen when they can get their performance back but until now they are still getting problems that are difficult to explain where they still can't get good results because of unstable performance.
Their last 5 matches even ended with 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw which made their situation still difficult to be consistent until now.