With the competition in the race to finish in the top five in the Premier League table and Southampton being an easy opponent for Manchester City, I believed Manchester City would easily beat Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium, but Manchester City failed to even score a goal against Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium, which allowed Southampton to hold Manchester City to a goalless draw. I know the result between Southampton and Manchester City is surprising, but it doesn't call for an investigation because this is football, and sometimes unexpected results do happen.
The City draw was very surprising, against such an opponent I had almost no doubt that they would be able to get an easy win, but as it turned out, they can even play a draw in this case. Now they should keep their place in the top 5, but Newcastle and Chelsea can overtake them. Southampton's defense is very weak, and City should have scored as many goals as they wanted, but in the end it was only 0-0. By the way, it is noteworthy that not a single home team was able to win their match.
You are right that the draw against Southampton was a point drop for them and a chance for them and I also bet on them to win. I thought Erling Haaland, who returned from injury, might be great but he was in the attack a few times but didn't score as expected. Another experience I have is that it is foolish to bet on an experienced team and trust them. I thought Southampton's defense was weak but they played defensive football and successfully repelled every attack from the opponent and kept fighting.