Winning 3-1 at Copenhagen’s home field, Man City became the English team with the longest winning streak in Champions League history.
Man City convincingly defeated Copenhagen 3-1 in the first leg of the 1/8 round of the Champions League in the early morning of February 14. Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden were the players who scored, helping The Citizens gain a significant advantage before the second leg.
This win created a memorable milestone for The Citizen, when the defending Champions League champions set another record. After the recent match in Dortmund, the Green Man became the English team with the longest winning streak in Champions League history (9 wins).
Man City’s winning streak at UCL started from last season’s semi-final second leg, when The Citizens crushed Real Madrid 4-0 at the Etihad. Next, Pep Guardiola’s students advanced to the final and defeated Inter Milan 1-0 to lift the elephant ear trophy for the first time in the club’s history.
In the 2023/2024 season, Man City also won all 6 group stage matches. The defeated champions of the Premier League champions are RB Leipzig, Young Boys and Red Star Belgrade. 6 victories helped The Citizens top Group G and meet Copenhagen, the team ranked second in Group A. And as mentioned, Man City continued to extend their winning streak with a 3-1 victory over the Danish representative. In these 9 wins, they scored a total of 26 goals (an average of 2.88 goals/match) and conceded 8 times.
If we take statistics outside the English border, Man City’s winning streak is equal to Barca’s in the 2002-03 and 2014-15 seasons. Meanwhile, Bayern Munich of 2013 and 2019-20 season with 10 and 11 wins respectively and Real Madrid of 2014-15 season with 10 wins are the two teams with longer winning streaks than The Citizens.
Besides, with the victory over Copenhagen, Man City also became the first team in Champions League history to score 3 or more goals in 7 consecutive matches. Guardiola’s students will have the opportunity to improve this achievement when they welcome Copenhagen in the return match 3 weeks later.