MANCHESTER CITY READY !
Man City ready to level the neighbours’ UCL record
Having tied the starting game of new UCL season vs Inter (0-0), Manchester City increased their unbeaten series in the competition to 24 games (16 wins and 8 draws).
Thus, they came up to the Champions League record that belongs to Manchester United: 25 matches without losses in a row stretched over two seasons between September 2007 and May 2009.
Pep Guardiola's guys will equal their neighbours already tomorrow if they avoid losing away vs Slovan Bratislava in the 2nd matchday of the 2024-25 campaign.
It’s time to remind how Manchester United established their record. After crashing out vs Milan (0-3) in the semi-finals of the previous season (2006-07), Sir Alex Ferguson’s side enjoyed a superb 2007-08 season to win a Premier League and Champions League double, remaining unbeaten in Europe and defeating Chelsea on penalties in the first ever all-English final that took place at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium.
United, fired by an attacking duo of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, progressed through to a second successive showpiece the following season. Their final opponent Barcelona prevailed in Rome (0-2) as goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi ended the Red Devils record sequence of 25 games made up of 15 wins and 10 draws.
| CHAMPIONS | LEAGUE | |||
| MANCHESTER | UNITED | UNBEATEN | RUN | |
| № | Date | Opponent | Score | Stage |
| 1 | 19/09/2007 | Sporting Lisbon | 1-0 | Group |
| 2 | 02/10/2007 | Roma | 1-0 | Group |
| 3 | 23/10/2007 | Dynamo Kyiv | 4-2 | Group |
| 4 | 07/11/2007 | Dynamo Kyiv | 4-0 | Group |
| 5 | 27/11/2007 | Sporting Lisbon | 2-1 | Group |
| 6 | 12/12/2007 | Roma | 1-1 | Group |
| 7 | 20/02/2008 | Lyon | 1-1 | R16 |
| 8 | 04/03/2008 | Lyon | 1-0 | R16 |
| 9 | 01/04/2008 | Roma | 2-0 | QF |
| 10 | 09/04/2008 | Roma | 1-0 | QF |
| 11 | 23/04/2008 | Barcelona | 0-0 | SF |
| 12 | 29/04/2008 | Barcelona | 1-0 | SF |
| 13 | 21/05/2008 | Chelsea | 1-1, pen 6-5 | Final |
| 14 | 17/09/2008 | Villarreal | 0-0 | Group |
| 15 | 30/09/2008 | Aalborg | 3-0 | Group |
| 16 | 21/10/2008 | Celtic | 3-0 | Group |
| 17 | 05/11/2008 | Celtic | 1-1 | Group |
| 18 | 25/11/2008 | Villarreal | 0-0 | Group |
| 19 | 10/12/2008 | Aalborg | 2-2 | Group |
| 20 | 24/02/2009 | Inter | 0-0 | R16 |
| 21 | 11/03/2009 | Inter | 2-0 | R16 |
| 22 | 07/04/2009 | Porto | 2-2 | QF |
| 23 | 15/04/2009 | Porto | 1-0 | QF |
| 24 | 29/04/2009 | Arsenal | 1-0 | SF |
| 25 | 05/05/2009 | Arsenal | 3-1 | SF |