Pep Guardiola has transformed Manchester City during his tenure at the Etihad from mere title contenders to yearly juggernauts.
Already, Guardiola's 2017-18 season saw City rewrite the record books and it obliterated the English top flight, winning the league by a 19-point margin and setting records for largest margin of victory, most points in a season, most goals scored in a season, and greatest goal differential in a season.
That campaign also saw Man City set the record for longest league winning streak at 18 matches, as Guardiola's squad romped to 32 wins that year compared to just four draws and two defeats.
Since then, the record was approached — and ultimately equalled — by Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool during the insane 2019 calendar year that saw Liverpool reel off an incredible 36 matches unbeaten, only blemished by a 1-1 draw with Manchester United that split up winning streaks of 18 and 17.
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The most recent challenge to the 18-match win streak record held by Guardiola's Man City and Klopp's Liverpool came from Guardiola's team again in 2021-22, but that team saw an impressive 12 consecutive wins interrupted by a draw to Southampton on Jan. 22, 2022.
Longest Premier League win streaks
Below is the list of the longest winning streaks in Premier League history. Man City also owns the English record for consecutive wins in all competitions, with 21 straight victories accomplished in less than three months between December 2020 and March 2021.
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A point to remember: All Premier League records date back to the inception of the league as we know it in 1992. But interestingly, the 18 consecutive wins is also the all-time top-flight record in England. The most consecutive wins that any team had prior to the inception of the Premier League was Arsenal's 14 straight victories in 1987.
| Consecutive Wins | Team | Date Started | Date Ended | Ended By |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Man City | Aug. 26, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Crystal Palace (D, 0-0) |
| 18 | Liverpool | Oct. 27, 2019 | Feb. 29, 2020 | Watford (L, 3-0) |
| 17 | Liverpool | Mar. 10, 2019 | Oct. 20, 2019 | Man United (D, 1-1) |
| 15 | Man City | Feb. 3, 2019 | Aug. 17, 2019 | Tottenham (D, 2-2) |
| 14 | Arsenal | Feb. 10, 2002 | Aug. 24, 2002 | West Ham (D, 2-2) |
| 13 | Chelsea | Oct. 1, 2016 | Jan. 4, 2017 | Tottenham (L, 2-0) |
| 12 | Man City | Nov. 6, 2021 | Jan. 22, 2022 | Southampton (D, 1-1) |
| 12 | Man United | Mar. 10, 2000 | Aug. 22, 2000 | Ipswich Town (D, 1-1) |
Manchester City's 2021-22 winning streak
Man City's 12-match streak in 2021-22 began with a 2-0 win over rivals Manchester United in early November 2021, which followed a 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace. The club was the benefactor of excellent fortune on the injury front, and unprecedented squad depth allowed Guardiola to navigate holiday-time COVID-19 outbreaks.
Here is a look at all 12 matches in the latest Man City streak:
| Win # | Date | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 6, 2021 | Man United | 2-0 |
| 2 | Nov. 21, 2021 | Everton | 3-0 |
| 3 | Nov. 28, 2021 | West Ham | 2-1 |
| 4 | Dec. 1, 2021 | Aston Villa | 2-1 |
| 5 | Dec. 4, 2021 | Watford | 3-1 |
| 6 | Dec. 11, 2021 | Wolves | 1-0 |
| 7 | Dec. 14, 2021 | Leeds United | 7-0 |
| 8 | Dec. 19, 2021 | Newcastle | 4-0 |
| 9 | Dec. 26, 2021 | Leicester City | 6-3 |
| 10 | Dec. 29, 2021 | Brentford | 1-0 |
| 11 | Jan. 1, 2022 | Arsenal | 2-1 |
| 12 | Jan. 15, 2022 | Chelsea | 1-0 |