![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Interestingly, the pattern of their 2022-23 winning run is remarkably similar to 2018-19, where 14 back-to-back victories kept Liverpool at arm’s length to finish the season with 98 points and clinch the title on the final day. The question is: how much is this a theme of Guardiola’s City in recent seasons? “But they dropped a few points and we were there.”Īs that threat from Arsenal dwindled, City asked the north Londoners to hold their beer - going 15 Premier League games unbeaten since February. “If Arsenal had maintained the same rhythm as the first leg (of the season) and kept doing what they had done, it would not be possible to catch them,” said Guardiola. Some doubted City’s ability to keep up the pace with Arsenal. This season, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal came flying out the blocks to make an unexpected charge towards the title - gaining 50 points at the league’s halfway stage - but any side that had won four of the last five Premier Leagues knows each campaign is a marathon, not a sprint. Guardiola’s squad management across a season has been widely praised since he arrived in England seven years ago, allowing his City sides to consistently sustain their pushes for trophies at the business end come the spring. Should any Manchester City players feel fatigued, they are doing a good job of hiding it - seemingly showing more energy at the end of the season than at the start.Ĭity were crowned Premier League champions for a third season running before kicking a ball in their 1-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday, but their subsequent victory at the Etihad made it 12 league wins in a row and extended their unbeaten streak to 24 games in all competitions - with FA Cup and Champions League finals on the horizon to give them a strong chance of a historic treble. ![]()
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