straight to your inbox Manchester City are closing in on a European record of consecutive wins, and manager Pep Guardiola said the prospect poses “an incredible question” for his players.
The Blues can make it 21 victories on the bounce if they beat Wolves at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow night. If they manage that, and then see off Manchester United in Sunday’s derby, they will be one game away from Bayern Munich’s two streaks of 23 wins - in 2019-20 and 2020-21 - which is a record in Europe’s big five leagues.
They would also be in sight of Welsh side The New Saints, who clocked up 27 on the bounce in 2016-17.Guardiola has repeatedly said that he is not especially interested in the records which his team keep stacking up, but he is looking.
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