In as much as Manchester City will not allow themselves to be prized out of top four,if they are not very careful,it might still happen that they do not qualify,yes because no team is to be underrated in the premier league,and no team is small,therefore if Manchester City are to still maintain their position,they must beat all the teams that they will be playing now till the end of the season,else,they will find it difficult to move ahead of Chelsea.
Not only Chelsea, but I am also still worried that Manchester City will be overtaken by other teams again if they do not play well in the remaining matches this season. You can see the points of several teams such as Newcastle and Brighton which are still quite close to Manchester City at this time. So instead of going to the top four again for Manchester City, I even predict that the team will be chased by other rivals in the Premier League standings.
Chelsea and City are their each others biggest problem. Obviously they still have plenty of games left and could go down, but they are fighting for the top four and that is the most important part. If they could end up taking over fourth place ,the other one has to win the fa cup. Whoever ends up fourth hand with fa cup, the other will be fifth and no cups and that would be terrible.
Considering both of these teams spend ungodly amounts of money for the team, it won't be easy to explain the financial situation and get better. They need income to keep this going, and income only happens if they win something, if they fail, then income doesn't come in (pun intended), hence the future will be even harder than this year.