Manchester City have had a strong start to the season but haven't been close to their best just yet.
As Pep Guardiola always maintains, the first half of the Premier League season isn't where you want to show your best work.
The last two defeats to Arsenal and Wolves - the first back-to-back league losses since 2018 - have given it a negative tint but even so, City have still started the season incredibly strongly. They won their first six matches in succession and it took them until February to win that many in a row last season.
Haaland himself has gone from netting 15 times at this stage 12 months ago to eight. That's still a remarkable return and if he kept the rate going he would break yet another goal record with 38. But it's clear things aren't clicking as they were earlier in 2023. But Stones has also been a massive miss as his absence has led to a change in the tactical set-up. The No.5 was a revelation last season in his role of moving into a central midfield position from either right-back or centre-back and helping City dominate games on the ball.
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