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Man Metropolis have equalled Man United’s all-time document for the longest-ever unbeaten run in Champions League historical past.
United have held the document for 16 years which was set when the Purple Devils went 25 matches unbeaten between September 2007 and Might 2009. The run featured 20 wins and 5 attracts, one in every of which was their 2008 closing success, which Sir Alex Ferguson’s workforce received on penalties in opposition to Chelsea.
The Purple Devils weren’t at their greatest throughout the group stage of the 2008/09 marketing campaign however remained undefeated all through it. After knocking out Inter, Porto and Arsenal throughout 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 closing.
With Man Metropolis beating Slovan Bratislava 4-0 within the Champions League on Tuesday evening, Pep Guardiola‘s facet at the moment are unbeaten of their final 25 European video games (W17 D8) having not misplaced a recreation since Might 2022.
In response to TNT Sports activities, this equals Man United’s document for the longest-ever unbeaten run in Champions League historical past because the Purple Devils’ rivals are on the verge of shattering one other one in every of their neighbour’s achievements.
Metropolis host Sparta Praha on the Etihad Stadium subsequent day out within the Champions League with a win placing the Manchester membership because the standalone holder of the longest-ever unbeaten run within the competitors’s historical past.
Man Metropolis’s 25-game unbeaten Champions League run
Man Metropolis received the 2023 version of the Champions League going undefeated all the best way to the ultimate earlier than beating Inter Milan to safe their first European crown. That continued into the 2023/24 marketing campaign as Pep Guardiola’s workforce had been knocked out by Actual Madrid but it surely was through a penalty shootout.
With two wins underneath their belt throughout the present model of the Champions League, Man Metropolis at the moment are on the verge of historical past. A win over Sparta Praha will see Guardiola’s males turn out to be among the finest European groups ever and at current, it’s laborious to see the place their run will finish.
