This is a battle for the top spot in the league. After all, every season every team is competing to improve their strength and the arrival and departure of players will affect the team strength. So it's natural that Man City isn't where they were five years ago. And remember the Premier League is a tough league with six or more strong teams competing for the title. It's too competitive. I just feel like this season isn't Man City season.
You.made an interesting point, may be the reason they are not the team we use to know is because some players has left but we not all then, I will be relying on the fact there are many factors that could lead to the poor performance Manchester city is experiencing now, I think those factors could be that other EPL teams has come to master there pattern of play which might be the reason for their defeat by Brighton don't you think so, if you say this season is not for them, was last season for them? We have seen the part of premier league being competitive but the league has not stop being competitive right from day one and this same team shined few seasons ago, does it mean that the have faded or is there any other thing that we don't know because their performance has become a thing of great concern.