Irish Daily Mirror

TON-UP CITY..

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won their third Premier League title (also 2011-12 and 2013-14), with only Chelsea (5) and Manchester United (13) winning it more often in the competitio­n’s history.

won 32 matches, the most in a single Premier League season, breaking the record which had been held by Chelsea, who won 30 in 2016-17 – it is also a record in top-flight history. became the first team to win 100 points in a top-flight season.

won 16 away league matches, a joint top-flight record in a single season along with Spurs in 1960-61. won the title with five games remaining, equalling the top-flight record set by Manchester United in 1907-08 and 2000-01 and Everton in 1984-85.

trailed for just 153 minutes in Premier League matches this season – the fewest by a side in a single campaign.

scored 106 goals – a record in a single Premier League season. The last top-flight side to score more in a single season was Tottenham (111) in 1962-63.

broke the record for most consecutiv­e top-flight victories between August and December 2017, winning 18 in a row and eclipsing the record set by Arsenal between February and August 2002 (14 wins in a row).

ended this season having spent 240 days at the top of the Premier League table – the sixth-most by a Premier League champion. In their previous two Premier League title-winning campaigns combined, Man City only topped the table for 184 days overall (15 days in 2013-14 and 169 days in 2011-12).

spent 240 days at the top of the league in 2017-18 – just one day fewer than Manchester United have spent at the top of the Premier League (in season) since Sergio Aguero’s goal won the title in May 2012 (241).

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