I will not have high expectations from Manchester City next season. We saw the team's irregular performance last season. However, the team was very lucky that it was able to qualify for the Champions League in the end.
It will be more difficult for Manchester City to dominate the Premier League next season. Liverpool management is trying to build an unstoppable squad. The team is spending a lot of money to buy players for this. If the players can adapt quickly to Arne Slot's match strategy, then Liverpool has the most potential to dominate the Premier League. Besides, Chelsea and Arsenal are also very strong teams. So it will be a big challenge for Manchester City to get a place in the top 2 of the table early in the season.
A team that won 4 years in a row, and then finished third, can't be "that" bad, they should be fighting for a title again. Sure last year they finished 13 points behind the winner, and that is terrible, but imagine them having normal results during that November-December period they sucked so bad, outside of that, they were averaging as much as Liverpool, they just had one big bad period, and 4 wins during that period wouldn't be that unlikely normally.
I feel as if they could avoid having a period like that, and if they do, then they are going to be battling for a top spot again. Not like every year they could have 2 months where they lose or tie all the time, that was last year and one time, this year they won't have that.