Manchester City make it 19 wins in a row as Joao Cancelo stars

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Manchester City make it 19 wins in a row as Joao Cancelo stars

City break club record

Manchester City have set a new club record as they won their 12th consecutive away game overcoming Borussia Monchengladbach convincingly 2-0 in Budapest, in the Champions League.

They barely had to get out of first gear and the second leg will be seen as a foregone conclusion in three weeks time. The ease of their victory, in which Kevin De Bruyne remained on the bench throughout, will send a message that they are the team to beat in the competition this season.

Joao Cancelo put in a man of the match performance, earning praise from the Club and his stats showed he was worthy of the praise he received. The marauding full back had an excellent evening earning praise from the Club and was directly involved in both goals.

Manchester City took the lead in the 29th minute when Bernardo Silva headed in Joao Cancelo’s glorious cross. The Portuguese international rarely scores with his head, this was only his 3rd out of 35 goals, but it is the second time in a week where City have seen their smaller players score with their heads after Raheem Sterling nodded in the only goal of the game vs Arsenal on the weekend.

The second arrived after 64 mins and the Portuguese international teammates  Cancelo and Bernardo Silva were involved again, but this time Bernardo Silva’s header back across goal was converted by Gabriel Jesus.

Manchester City make it 19 wins in a row as Joao Cancelo stars

Manchester City’s Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg football match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England on August 7, 2020. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

On this type of form and only 5 games off the world record 25 wins in a row, who would bet against Pep Guardiola leading Man City to both domestic and European glory this season.

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# Team MP D P
1 Manchester City FC 25 35 59
2 Manchester United FC 25 21 49
3 Leicester City FC 25 17 49
4 West Ham United FC 25 10 45
5 Chelsea FC 25 16 43
6 Liverpool FC 25 11 40
7 Everton FC 24 4 40
8 Aston Villa FC 23 11 36
9 Tottenham Hotspur FC 24 10 36
10 Leeds United 25 0 35
11 Arsenal FC 25 5 34
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 25 -6 33
13 Crystal Palace FC 25 -14 32
14 Southampton FC 25 -12 30
15 Burnley FC 25 -12 28
16 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 25 -6 26
17 Newcastle United FC 25 -17 25
18 Fulham FC 25 -11 22
19 West Bromwich Albion 25 -36 14
20 Sheffield United FC 25 -26 11
Player Team Goals
Salah, Mohamed Liverpool FC 17
Fernandes, Bruno Manchester United FC 15
Kane, Harry Tottenham Hotspur FC 13
Son, Heung Min Tottenham Hotspur FC 13
Bamford, Patrick Leeds United 13
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Everton FC 13
Vardy, Jamie Leicester City FC 12
Gundogan, Ilkay Manchester City FC 11
Wilson, Callum Newcastle United FC 10
Watkins, Ollie Aston Villa FC 10
Rashford, Marcus Manchester United FC 9
Sterling, Raheem Manchester City FC 9
Barnes, Harvey Leicester City FC 9
Zaha, Wilfried Crystal Palace FC 9
Maddison, James Leicester City FC 8
Ings, Danny Southampton FC 8
Lacazette, Alexandre Arsenal FC 8
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick Arsenal FC 8
Soucek, Tomas West Ham United FC 8
Mane, Sadio Liverpool FC 7

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