Indeed, the North London derby attendance was apparently just 38 people shy of setting a new all - time overall
English league record, with 83,260 cramming into Maine Road to watch a game between Manchester United (not City) and Arsenal in January of 1948.
Not exact matches
After all, Shezzer has been the first choice stopper of the Italian Serie A side Roma all season and he has done very well for them, all the time gaining valuable experience, while David Ospina was still fresh in the average Gooner's mind for that horrible fumble which handed the initiative back to Olympiacos to
record their first Champions
League victory on
English soil.
Pep Guardiola's side's run of 15
league wins in a row is the most in any division of
English league football since it began, and the club are now not far off breaking more
records.
Basel also have a decent
record against
English clubs, beating Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool in the champions
league and the Spuds in the Europooh
league.
However, the report stated that Leicester City consider Schmeichel to be a vital piece to their Premier
League title defense and will demand considerably more than # 17 million for their vice-captain — which would almost assuredly break the current
English transfer
record for a goalkeeper.
Klopp has gone on te
record that he will listen to offers from
English teams and that's the only other
league he will coach in.
The defending
English Premier
League champions started their season off with a disastrous result in a 3 - 2 loss at home to Burnley FC, but have returned to form since then with an 4 -0-1
record over their last five games.
As already stated, Basel have a good
record when it comes to playing
English opposition in the Champions
League and so if Arsenal want to break the
record that has been held since 2002, then the Gunners will have to pull off something special.
Balotelli only arrived at Anfield in the summer from Lazio's Serie A rivals AC Milan, but despite his impressive goalscoring
record at the San Siro, Balotelli has been unable to translate his performances back into the
English game, with only one Liverpool goal to his name so far — in the Champions
League against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad.
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Manchester City has run away with the
English Premier
League this season opening up a commanding 16 - point lead over second - place Manchester United with a 24 -1-3
record.
The last time Arsenal faced the current
English Premier
League champions we won convincingly and that FA cup trophy success made both Arsene Wenger and the club
record holders in the famous old football tournament.
Chelsea has been one of the best road teams in the
English Premier
League this season with a 7 -3-3
record and a +12 goal differential.
The Argentine international, who joined the Red Devils for a club -
record # 59.7 m from Real Madrid last summer, has struggled in his first season in the Premier
League, and perhaps looks unsettled and unhappy in
English football.
As usual Jon you make some good points but with all respect to Leeds, Villa and Forest, no way would Spurs spend the amount of time in the lower
leagues [just one year] that those three have spent recently and I'm sure you remember that great Spurs side in their double year dropping their first point after 14 games to Man City and suffering their first defeat to Sheffield Wednesday by the odd goal in three on Boxing day and almost beating our 66 point
record [2 points a win in those days] which stood from the glorious thirties thanks to a shock home defeat on the last day of the season by West Brom with their frightening forward line of Jones, White, Smith, Allen, and Dyson and to make things worse the following year the signing of Jimmy Greaves, and don't let anybody tell different without doubt the greatest striker the
English game as ever seen.
He scored
English Premier
League goals for seven different clubs — a
record matched by no other player.
In the ongoing season of
English Premier
League, Manchester City is in great form and now Man City made another
record of victory.
Manchester United firmly established themselves as the best team in
English football under Sir Alex Ferguson, winning a
record 13
league titles.
Their winning streak is already a
record for all
English league football but one more victory would see City equal the 19 in a row Guardiola achieved while in charge of Bayern Munich in 2013 - 14.
Manchester City brushed all title contenders aside this year and won the
English Premier
League in
record time.
In
English Premier
League, Manchester City won consecutive 18 matches which was a
record but after than in last Sunday against Crystal Palace, they made a draw with 0 — 0 goals.
Mourinho was defending Costa's
record of getting booked twice in three
league appearance and his controversial behaviour against the Toffees (click here to read more), but his comments about the # 32m summer signing being the best player in the
English top flight at the moment does have merit.
December 12 — The
English Football Association have launched an investigation into the post-match incidents that marred last Sunday's hotly anticipated Manchester derby when City ended United's unbeaten 40 - game home run and in the process set a Premier
League record of 14 straight wins.
Manchester City
record breaking winning run in the
English Premier
League ended just before the start of 2018 as Pep Guardiola's men were held into a goalless draw by Crystal Palace.
Premier
League holders Chelsea are also said to maintain their interest in the attacker, although Barkley is understood to favour a move to Spurs due to Mauricio Pochettino's excellent track
record of grooming young
English players.
They set new
English records by
recording 18 consecutive
league victories, 11 consecutive away wins and 20 successive wins in all competitions.
For the first time on
record, the average wage bill of
English Premier
League clubs was more than double that of the next highest - paying league (Bunde
League clubs was more than double that of the next highest - paying
league (Bunde
league (Bundesliga)
«For the first time on
record, the total wage bill of the highest - paying
league (EPL) was more than double that of the next highest - paying
league (Italy's Serie A), with the strength of the British pound in 2015 just pushing the
English clubs over this line,» the report stated.
For years,
English clubs were breaking
records and making headlines in European competition and until recently, the Premier
League's status as one of the most prestigious divisions in the world had been long - standing.
The coaches • Arsène Wenger has been the Arsenal manager since 1996, leading the Gunners to three
English titles, a
record seven FA Cup wins and the 2006 UEFA Champions
League final.
The Swiss champions have possessed an impressive
record against
English sides with four wins in their previous five home outings, but they can expect a stiffer challenge versus the Premier
League leaders.
They are currently on a 16 - match winning streak — a Premier
League record, and many feel they will go the season unbeaten and will that lead to them becoming only the third team in
English history to go unbeaten, they are 5/1 to become the new Invincibles — last achieved by Arsenal in 2004.
In last 3 season
English Premier
League team had not such a good
record on Champions
League competition.
The Premier
League giants appear to be keen to lure the versatile midfielder to Old Trafford in the coming future, but according to Portuguese outlet
Record - the 20 - time
English champions could face stiff competition for his signature, with the European champions Real Madrid are also said to be following Martins's progress.
We've already established that this officially is Liverpool's worst ever start to a Premier
League season, or just about any season for that matter, with their 2 - 0 defeat at Goodison Park ensuring the team would set another new
record: The first time they've ever occupied 19th position in the top - flight of
English football.
City, the leaders, are gunning for a 14th successive
league win - which would equal the all - time
record in the
English top flight - and can put a huge 11 points between themselves and second - place United if they prevail.
Manchester City's Sergio Agüero went into the Premier
League record books today with his 124th goal in the
English top flight.
The Wembley win over Chelsea also made it a
record seven for Wenger alone — a
record for the whole history of the
English game and not just the Premier
League generation.
Two goals in either half from Tottenham Hotspur saw the
English Premier
League side
record a 2 - 0 win in the Bianconeri's final game before the Italian Super Cup
Mikel made a sly dig on Pogba shortly after his
record breaking move to Old Trafford by posting a video on his Twitter handle of an incident at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where he nutmegged the French midfielder during Nigeria's game against Brazil, side by side with a message welcoming him to the
English Premier
League.
On the back of such an incredible run which has seen them end their long wait for a north London detby success over in Arsenal's backyard, to clinching qualification in the UEFA Champions
League with a game to spare to then recording their third successive home league win over former English greats Liverpool even though they were nowhere near their best and were never deserving wi
League with a game to spare to then
recording their third successive home
league win over former English greats Liverpool even though they were nowhere near their best and were never deserving wi
league win over former
English greats Liverpool even though they were nowhere near their best and were never deserving winners.
Thanks to the
record - breaking TV deals now pumping cash into the
English topflight, clubs have never enjoyed a greater financial advantage against their continental rivals, with even the smaller clubs and relegation candidates now capable of beating foreign title - challengers and some Champions
League regulars to transfer targets.
Even their second - string were overwhelming good in midweek, when hammering a sorry Schalke 4 - 1 at Old Trafford, and with players like Ferdinand, Vidic, Carrick, Rooney and Hernandez fresher for their absence in Wednesday's second leg, United look a good bet on paper to finally end all the shenanigans and seal their
record 19th
English League title with victory over their one remaining challenger.
Earlier in 1982, the same
record was made by Liverpool in
English League.
• Arsène Wenger has been the Arsenal manager since 1996, leading the Gunners to three
English titles, a
record seven FA Cup wins and the 2006 UEFA Champions
League final.
The Italians are unbeaten in their last three games against
English Premier
League sides but they have not produced a great
record in England.
Since graduating from Middlesex University in 2014, Alton has undertaken a series of artistic projects, most notably
English Disco Lovers (2013), a satirical protest group that he founded, which subverted the meaning of the
English Defence
League's abbreviation, as well as the etymology of the word disco, which derives from «discotheque», a French word meaning «
record library».