Manchester City just does not stop. Although she settled for a small 0-1 win over Arsenal tonight (Sunday), she continued with a gallop that establishes her well at the top of the English league, and as the top candidate to regain the championship after a year.
The numbers behind this victory say it all about Pep Guardiola’s team. It was her 18th straight win in all competitions, and her 13th in a row in the league. By comparison, only three more teams alongside the Citizens have achieved 13 Premier League wins this season in total.
With this win at the Emirates Stadium, City have equaled a club record of 11 consecutive away wins, and they could break it on Wednesday when they play in the Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Overall, she has not tasted the taste of a loss in 25 games, since the loss to Tottenham somewhere in November. Since then she has recorded 22 wins, finished 3 times in a draw, scored 59 goals and conceded just seven.
Despite the minimal result, Pep Guardiola Was particularly pleased: “It was brilliant. It was a really tough game, one of the toughest, because of the way they played, their quality and method. It was tough and we did it. Of course we could have scored the second and third, but they kept well. It’s all “It’s so hard to play against Arsenal and Mikel (Arta), he knows our players so well. It’s not easy to play like that, but we play quiet and smart. It was a good game.”
“Sometimes when you win 0-1 it’s great,” the manager added. “You have to understand that what we are doing is very difficult. It is a fight and a fight behind the ball, and that is why we are happy with the result. The streak? It’s another one and another one. We are only thinking about the next game. “There are 39 more points to play on. It’s an amazing run, I could not expect it, but it’s good.”
on the other side, Mikel Arteta He did not hide his disappointment: “We absorbed early and that put them where they wanted to be. After that we were very good and we got into situations. They are a fantastic team. I think we were good, but it does not matter. Get ready to win and I am disappointed “They are so good at what they do, they have been together for five years and that is why they are where they are. What we need is to score goals, we missed a lot today.”
