The «mentality monsters» thing is a myth.
Ok, we have done many comebacks in important matches during a season, in situations where we have been outsiders for the title. But we never stand the test when we are close to the line, especially not when it is ours to lose.
Many say that City won it by scoring three goals against Villa in 5 minutes in may 2022. The fact is they would have won it anyway. After Mane scored in the 24th minute we had 1-1 at home against Wolves. Villa took the lead against City after 39 minutes, meaning we would be champions if we scored against Wolves. Villa later went 2 up, but we were nowhere near scoring. We played with our shoulders above our head, everything was flat and nervy. We could have played 5 hours without scoring.
Then City scored three in 5 minutes, and we no longer had anything to lose. We started playing without nerves and scored two more.
The only way for this team to win league is to create a big lead on the table top, like in the title winning season.