Among many people who doubt Manchester City defending the title this season is me. Even I did not put Manchester City into the list of teams that will enter the semifinal this season.
There are many other teams that will be able to go far compared to Manchester City.
Teams like Bayern Munich, PSG, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter are more potentially forced the Champions League trophy to be achieved by them from Manchester City.
Last season was far different from this season. If it is not in a pot with Real Madrid, maybe Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will be finalists this season and Bayern Munich teams who have a great chance to take it from Manchester City.
Still, I don't think Bayern Munich will advance to the Champions League final. There are still teams that I believe can defeat Bayern Munich, including Inter, Real Madrid, PSG. However, and even Barcelona their current performance won't get them to the final; they lost to Shakhtar in their group stage and PSG to Ac Milan in theirs, but their group stage is tough. If you look at Bayern's group stage, there are no teams that can compare to Bayern; they are stronger than all of their opponents. Including Barcelona and Manchester City, i didn't count them to make the final list because the previous season is very different from this season, that Manchester city will beat any club.
So far Bayern are only in second place, Bayer are performing very well this season and haven't lost a single match. They are separated by only one draw in the statistics, but I think if they come up against each other again, Bayern have every chance not only to win the match, but also to win the league, what can we say if they win the Bundesliga so many years in a row...
What if this season Leverkusen breaks the record? Although Leverkusen has not lost any of their games since the start of the season, they have been battling it out with Bayern Munich for the top spot. If Bayern Munich was the favorite to win the trophy, they would still have competition from Leverkusen to win the Bundesliga because of their long winning record.