They are one of the strongest teams on paper but they often need to rotate and many players because they play in lot of competitions.
Last season Liverpool won EFL Cup final against Chelsea after penalties and Man City was out after losing from West Ham United.
Liverpool somehow managed to win multiple matches including the final thanks to penalties which implies that luck heavily favoured them due to which they claimed the cup after a long gap.
@notblox1 normally I would say that Manchester City wouldn’t bother much about winning this competition, but Pep maybe motivated this time because he knows that there’s a chance he may not win the league title and champions league is unpredictable hence he may try and win this competition. Lastly Manchester City do have a good squad so even if they rotate a lot then too they’ll be able to put up a good lineup, however it’s way too early to predict that City can easily win this cup.