Manchester City have been won Premier League in 2020 and 2021 without Haaland, the team is already strong without Haaland, but having Haaland is completely better because he can maximize the chances created by De Bruyne. However even though Manchester City is playing without De Bruyne, they can still able to win against many teams. So all of Manchester City's players are just way more better than other teams.
Yes, that's true and behind it all it is Guardiola who sets the strategy because without him Manchester City is not a great club, sometimes people always think of Haaland as something important, even so, even without Haaland Manchester City can still get the title, so this is hard work. Guardiola chooses talented players who have good potential in the Manchester City squad. Guardiola always knows which players are right for Manchester City.
I'm sure that even though De Bruyne will be absent for several matches, Manchester City will still be a club that is respected by opponents, even the task in the UCL group is not too complicated so it won't take too much effort to get through the UCL group phase later, speaking about the EPL, I'm sure Manchester City is more consistent than several other clubs such as Arsenal and Liverpool which have looked quite good recently.
Of course, the greatness of a team lies in its coach, Pep Guardiola is a great coach and any team coached by Pep Guardiola will definitely be a team that is frightening and respected by opponents.
And Pep Guardiola is known as a coach who has traveled all over Europe, he has also coached a number of teams and turned them into great, feared teams such as Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and is currently managing Manchester City.
And once the team is left by Pep Guardiola, the team will definitely change, including its great players. So it's not all because there are great players, but because there is a great coach who makes them great players and shines even more because of the presence of Pep Guardiola.