Manchester City began 2021 by setting a new record in English football and they could end the year in similar style. Pep Guardiola's side won 12 league games between the start of January and March to claim a new marker for the most top-flight victories at the beginning of a calendar year, comfortably eclipsing the previous best of nine set by Bolton Wanderers in 1904 and Manchester United in 2009.
That run of results helped propel the Blues clear at the top of the Premier League as they claimed a third title in four years.
And a continuation of those high standards see City top the table again as the halfway point of the 2021/22 campaign fast approaches, leading Liverpool by one point and Chelsea by two points.
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