Man Metropolis have broke 15-year Man United report. (Photograph by Carl Recine/Getty Photographs)
Man Metropolis have surpassed Man United to interrupt the report for the longest unbeaten run in Champions League historical past after Pep Guardiola’s facet hammered Sparta Praha 5-0 on the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night time.
The win in opposition to the Czech Republic staff sees the Premier League champions’ undefeated run within the Champions League improve to 26, surpassing Man United’s report of 25 which has stood for 15 years, experiences TNT Sports activities.
Metropolis’s run started by profitable the 2023 version of the Champions League going undefeated all the way in which to the ultimate earlier than beating Inter Milan to safe their first European crown. That continued into the 2023/24 marketing campaign as Guardiola’s staff had been knocked out by Actual Madrid however it was by way of a penalty shootout.
The Manchester membership have began the present time period with two wins and a draw, which was sufficient to interrupt the long-standing report of Man United on Wednesday night time.
The Premier League champions journey away to Sporting CP subsequent day trip within the competitors and will probably be assured of extending their run additional. That is an unbelievable achievement from the English champions and it additional cements this Guardiola staff as one of many biggest of all time.
The historic unbeaten Champions League run of Man United
Man United held the Champions League unbeaten report for 15 years which was set when the Crimson Devils went 25 matches unbeaten between September 2007 and Could 2009. The run featured 20 wins and 5 attracts, certainly one of which was their 2008 remaining success, which Sir Alex Ferguson’s staff received on penalties in opposition to Chelsea.
The Crimson Devils weren’t at their finest in the course of the group stage of the 2008/09 marketing campaign however remained undefeated all through it. After knocking out Inter, Porto and Arsenal in the course of the knockout rounds, Man United’s run of 25 matches unbeaten got here to an finish after they had been defeated 2-0 by Barcelona within the 2009 remaining.
This was a formidable feat from one of many Manchester membership’s biggest groups however sadly for them, a fair higher staff continues to make historical past on the blue half of town.
