It has to. The past few years of going full bore with City. They ran them tight in 18-19, won it in 19-20, took a step back the next year, then took City to the wire in 21-22. Then you throw in three UCL finals in the past six years and knockout round trips the other three.
Then last year they played as many games as possible (unless they finished 3rd in their UCL group and had to play an extra round in the Europa). 2nd by a point in the league. Won the FA and League Cups and made the final of the UCL.