City clearly lack physicality in both midfield and defense damn
That's what it is really. Rodgers and Onana been bossing. We've seen so many teams do it. Arsenal, Villa, Liverpool, and other's have just out muscled City. Without Rodri and a healthy Ruben Dias they have no steel. Gundogan is old and hasn't been the same, KDB is old and can't stay healthy, Haaland gets no service, Bernardo Silva doesn't have the freedom he used to, and Foden was exposed this summer as a system player that can't create for himself either.
Sure things run their course, but I think also they just been found out. The entire Premiership's quality has risen, especially in the tactical side of the game.