The power of manchester city is back again. De bruyne has always become the best player in manchester city. His pass was really accurate and i like this guy is always helping his teammates to score.
They have two best attacking players back, De Bruyne and Haaland. They can combine with each other very well with assists and goals to destroy their opponents. They will need some matches to warm up after injuries especially De Bruyne but I believe Pep will choose right time to use De Bruyne when he needs a super creative and skillful midfielder to unlock the match with only one key pass.
No, Guardiola motivation is not to match the points obtained by Liverpool, he wants more than that for his team. The victory that Manchester City has just achieved against Brentford has made the gap with Liverpool even closer, Pep Guardiola has a great opportunity to take his team beyond the points that Liverpool have collected because they still have one game remaining.
Manchester City have enough experience to race with other clubs in a long season as they have many players to rotate. Even one or two players get injuries will not big challenge for them to maintain their good performances. They will be affected but with less severity than other clubs that have less players to rotate.
Now with one extra match and 2 points less than Liverpool, Manchester City can take over the first position from Liverpool and it will create more pressure on Liverpool and Arsenal because in last six seasons, if Manchester City holds the first position in last months, they rarely lost it to competitors. They won five Premier League titles in last six seasons by speeding up in decisive months of season.