However, the deal was eventually put on halt for the season with Jose Mourinho impressed by the central defensive partnership of Marcus Rojo and Phil Jones, who had taken the club on
a long unbeaten league run.
ESPN Barcelona somehow emerged from their game against Sevilla last weekend with
their long unbeaten league run intact thanks to late Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi goals.
Not exact matches
Arsene Wenger has often spoke about consistency being vital in the
long format of a
league campaign and in the past Arsenal have often managed to go on
long winning or
unbeaten runs, but that has been distinctly lacking this season.
It's not the first time that we lost our first game of the season and then went on a
long unbeaten run and it won't be the first time if we are at the top of the
league during the Christmas period, only to drop out of the title race in the following months.Lets just enjoy the Good times and wait and see how it pans out.?
We are
unbeaten after five games remember, when last did we kept it that
long without losing at the beginning of the
league??
Of course everyone connected with arsenal was not happy about the fact that we have just lost two Premier
League games in a row after the longest unbeaten run in the league of 14
League games in a row after the
longest unbeaten run in the
league of 14
league of 14 games.
So with all those players, and the confidence we have built up with our
long unbeaten run, surely we can really believe that this could be our season at last and finally regain the Premier
League trophy?
Mourinho does however hold a club - record 25 match
unbeaten streak in the Premier
League, and considering his
long - standing rivalry with Arsene Wenger, who he has refused to shake hands with on more than one occasions, surely he will not be setting his team up to lose.
There's still a
long way to go for City in that respect, however, and they would need to go
unbeaten for a further 29 games to overtake the Gunners» all - time
unbeaten record in the
league of 49 matches.
Any win for Arsenal over today's visitors to north London would take the Gunners to just two points behind Chelsea, who currently sit fifth in the Premier
League table and have seen their own top four hopes disappear after losing their
long unbeaten home record against Tottenham last weekend, but a big win for Arsenal could help to pile even more pressure onto the Blues before they face West Ham later today.
Jose Mourinho's side are on the
longest current
unbeaten home run in the Premier
League (24 games — W14 D10 L0), with their last such defeat at Old Trafford coming against Manchester City in September 2016 (1 - 2).
Benfica are five points clear at the top of the
league and on a long unbeaten run that stretches back to November and the Champions L
league and on a
long unbeaten run that stretches back to November and the Champions
LeagueLeague.
KEY FACT: Spurs are
unbeaten in their last 13 matches, the
longest current run in the Premier
League.
However, taking a positive spin from their recent four matches in the Premier
League where they have not lost, it is their
longest unbeaten run in the entire calendar year of 2012.
Chelsea set the
longest unbeaten run by any side in the Premier
League in 2015/16 with 15 games without defeat between December and March.
Despite this, Chelsea set the
longest unbeaten run of any Premier
League team this season, going 15 games without a loss (W7 D8) between December and March under Guus Hiddink.
With Barcelona having lost 1 - 0 on Wednesday night, Liverpool are now currently on the
longest unbeaten run in Europe's top five
leagues.
There's a reason why Tottenham shouldn't be written off, that's for sure, with Mauricio Pochettino's men on their
longest league winning streak all season (six games) and they are
unbeaten in their last 14
league matches.
They say all good things must come to an end, so that includes
long unbeaten runs in the Premier
League.
During the two and a bit seasons Stoke have been involved with the Premier
League, seven games is the
longer they've gone
unbeaten.
In fact, Blackburn have now equalled their
longest unbeaten spell in the
league for the season after they previously went three games without losing from the end of November to mid December.
This is not all as the Frenchman holds the record of coaching the club (Arsenal) with the
longest unbeaten run having gone 49 games
unbeaten in the
league surpassing Nottingham Forest's 42 games and also Preston North End's
unbeaten league form set 115 years previously.
MADRID: Barcelona equalled the record
longest unbeaten run in La Liga history as a Lionel Messi hat - trick inspired the runaway leaders to a 3 - 1 win over Leganes on Saturday to make it 38
league games
unbeaten.
United banked a 2 - 1 home win over Boro back in December and overall, but Manchester United are currently on the
longest unbeaten run in the Premier
League (17 games), while opponents Middlesbrough are on the
longest current winless run in the competition (10 games).
All eyes will now be on the game next Saturday at Camp Nou against Leganés in the
league; a positive result will see them equal the 38 - game record for the
longest unbeaten run of matches.
Who has the
longest unbeaten home and away runs in UEFA Champions
League history?
Now, two weeks on, they return to Old Trafford − where they've lost just one of their previous 34 Champions
League matches, and where they are currently
unbeaten in nine in Europe − for the first time since relinquishing their nineteen - month
long unbeaten home record in all competitions.
Birmingham enjoyed the
longest unbeaten run last season when going twelve
league games without defeat only to go on a run of three consecutive away losses.
Our
long unbeaten home record in the Under - 18 Premier
League stretched into a 19th month following a 2 - 0 win at Cobham...
Should the Trotters, who have lost just two
league matches thus far, avoid defeat at Eastlands on Saturday, then they'll have equalled their longest ever unbeaten away run in the Premier League, when ironically Man City were the fifth match Bolton managed to avoid a fifth successive lose in back in
league matches thus far, avoid defeat at Eastlands on Saturday, then they'll have equalled their
longest ever
unbeaten away run in the Premier
League, when ironically Man City were the fifth match Bolton managed to avoid a fifth successive lose in back in
League, when ironically Man City were the fifth match Bolton managed to avoid a fifth successive lose in back in 2005.
Birmingham City, Sunderland, Chelsea and even Manchester United, ending the latter's season -
long unbeaten run in the process, have all been put to the sword by arguably the Premier
League's most industrious, dogged, spirited team.
City have been an unpredictable sort on the road so far, winning just one of their opening three away fixtures in the
league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up til
league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the
League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up til
League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their
unbeaten run to five games so
long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the
league up til
league up till now.
43 — James Milner is now
unbeaten in all 43 Premier
League games in which he has scored (W35, D8)-- only Darius Vassell has accomplished a
longer run (46 games).