Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Etihad Airways Manchester City began the season as unprecedented holders of all four domestic competitions.

Their first successful defence came on 4 August, as they defeated Liverpool on penalties at Wembley in the 2019 FA Community Shield, the traditional curtain raiser to the season.

Acknowledging that City would be judged by their Champions League performance after all,[3] Pep Guardiola said that the new season's main objective would be to win the European title.

Thanks to goals from Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, the Citizens once again defeated Madrid 2–1, achieving a 4–2 victory on aggregate and advancing to the quarter-finals.

[4][5] However, Manchester City once again exited the competition at the next stage, losing 1–3 to Lyon on 15 August in a one-off game held at the neutral Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon.

Key players Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sané endured extended injury layoffs from the beginning of the season until early 2020.

For the second year in a row, City were the first top European team to reach 100 goals scored in all competitions when they beat Fulham 4–0 in an FA Cup fourth-round match on 26 January 2020.

[14][15] On 1 March 2020, City won their third EFL Cup in a row and their fourth in five seasons, defeating Aston Villa 2–1 at Wembley Stadium in the final.

In late May 2020, the UK Government began to ease the lockdown measures, which had been taken to combat the COVID-19 contagion, and it was duly announced on 28 May that the Premier League clubs had agreed to play the remaining 92 Premier League and FA Cup fixtures in empty stadiums and with modified rules to minimise contagion from 17 June 2020 onward.

On 25 June, City lost 2–1 away to Chelsea, and as a result Liverpool were confirmed as 2019–20 Premier League champions with seven rounds of games to be played.

[23] The 5–0 away victory against Brighton & Hove Albion on 11 July then confirmed that City would finish the season as runners-up to Liverpool in the league.

[24] In the restarted FA Cup, City defeated Newcastle 2–0 away from home on 28 June, advancing to the semi-finals where they faced Arsenal at Wembley.

However, inform Aubameyang scored a brace and lukewarm City were shut out, being denied an opportunity to defend their title in a showcase final.

Silva also ended his career at City as the club's most decorated player at the time, with fourteen league and cup winner medals.

[26] Win Draw Loss Manchester City played a number of pre-season matches in 2019, including the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy in China.

De Bruyne's total of 20 assists for the season also equalled the Premier League record set by Thierry Henry in 2002–03.