SETTING THE BAR HIGHER

Manchester City established new standards of brilliance as they broke an incredible ELEVEN records under Pep Guardiola on their way to winning the Premier League title last season.

Biggest title-winning margin: 19 points clear (beating United’s 18 in 2000) Earliest title success: Five games remaining (equalling United’s record in 2001) Most points: 100 points (Beating 2005 Chelsea’s 95) Most goals: 106 (Beating Chelsea’s 103 in 2010. Most wins: 32 (Beating 30, set in 2017 by Chelsea) Most consecutive wins: 18, beating Arsenal (2002) and Chelsea (2017) both with 13. Most away wins: 16, beating Chelsea’s 15 in 2005. Best goal difference: +79, beating Chelsea’s +71 in 2010. Highest average possession: 71 per cent, beating their own record the previous season (records only go back to 2010-11).

Most passes: 28,242, beating their own mark of 20,506 (records only go back to 2010-11). Most consecutive Premier League Manager of the Month awards: Guardiola (4), beating Antonio Conte’s three the previous season.