Manchester City may have won six Premier League titles in the last eight years - but their era of dominance has finally come to an end.
That's the view of ex-Arsenal star Perry Groves, who believes Pep Guardiola's men are no longer the ones to beat at the top of the division.
Since Guardiola's arrival at the Etihad in 2016, he has overseen the club scooping a mammoth 18 trophies.
That includes six league titles, one Champions League, two FA Cups, four League Cups, three Community Shields, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
City have never gone two years in a row without winning a Premier League title under Guardiola's tutelage - which they could manage come May.
Liverpool are the current holders, and are favourites to once again come out on top having splashed out over £290million on six new signings.
A whopping 13 points separated the two teams last campaign, resulting in City forking out over £150m on new recruits - with that figure set to rise before the window ends.
A 4-0 opening day win away at Wolves had fans - and pundits - believing that another City title challenge was to be on the cards.
But City supporters have had been forced to eat a slice of humble pie following their 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, a result which sent them crashing back down to earth.
It has led to Groves, who won two First Division titles, the League Cup and the Football League Centenary Trophy at Highbury between 1987-1991, to state that City's period of triumph is over.
Following City's tenth defeat to Spurs under Guardiola, Groves highlighted why he believes they are no longer the top dogs.
A loss of experience, a young squad and no fear factor are all reasons why City are not the team of old, Groves has claimed.
What did Perry Groves say about Man City?
Groves told talkSPORT: "I think there's a big issue. Football's cyclical, right?
"This is the end of Man City's cycle, I know their average age was 24 [on Saturday].
"If you look at the team they put out, there's no aura about that team.
"There's no presence or stature, if you look at the treble-winning side, when you had Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, [Riyad] Mahrez as well, they're all players that imposed themselves on the game.
"I'm looking at this Man City side, and I know they're in transition, they haven't got that aura anymore.
"And you know you're in trouble when your away team has more shots than you.
"That very rarely happens at the Etihad, normally, when they're in their pomp, Man City, you'd go to Etihad and knew you had to take maybe one or two of your chances to stand a game on the breakaway.
"That's not happening anymore, so I think the teams that go into Etihad now actually fancy their chances because they know that this isn't the Man City team of old.
"So, I said before, I don't think Man City are in the race for the title because of the age of their team."
As for former Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam, the Scotsman is of the opinion that City's new-look team needs time to gel.
He remarked: "I look at Man City's team at the moment, they're trying. Rodri is missing, Bernardo Silva never played, Foden never played [both from kick-off]."
Before adding: "With that midfield [Nico Gonzalez, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders], there's no real Premier League experience in that midfield compared to Tottenham.
"We're talking about [Joao] Paulinha, who's played in the Premier League [at Fulham previously], [Rodrigo] Bentancur and [Pape Matar] Sarr, all played Premier League football, so they've got that experience in there.
"I know they're all good players, good footballers, Reijnders, Gonzalez and Cherki, but it takes time to really get the flow of it.
"And now for Man City, getting their key players back in terms of Foden, Silva, Rodri, I think will make a huge difference to them.
"But they have to find these solutions, and again, I still think, with the window open, Man City will look to do some business."
City will look to return to winning ways away at Brighton next Sunday in their final match before the September international break.
Guardiola failed to beat Fabian Hurzeler during his two encounters with the Seagulls last term - losing at the Amex Stadium before the teams played out a draw later in the season.
Failure to win at Brighton will not only have fans worrying that a title charge is out of the question, but would leave them fearing they are in a battle for a Champions League spot.