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Guardiola proud of his players after Man City's record-breaking win

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Man City players celebrate a goal. (Man City Twitter)

Man City players celebrate a goal. (Man City Twitter)

Manchester - The win was Pep Guardiola's 200th in 268 games as City boss, with the Premier League leaders still on course for a historic quadruple of trophies

Published: Thu 11 Feb 2021, 4:35 PM

Updated: Thu 11 Feb 2021, 4:48 PM

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Manchester City broke the English football record for consecutive wins by a top-flight club by beating Swansea 3-1 on Wednesday to reach the FA Cup quarterfinals.

Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus were on target for the visitors, who extended their winning run in all competitions to 15 games.


Victory was also Pep Guardiola’s 200th in 268 games as City boss, with the Premier League leaders still on course for a historic quadruple of trophies.

Guardiola’s men hold a five-point lead with a game in hand at the top of the Premier League, face Tottenham in the League Cup final in April and resume their challenge to win a first Champions League in the last 16 against Borussia Monchengladbach later this month.

“It is amazing for ourselves, we cannot deny how pleased and proud we are to break this record,” said Guardiola. “Records are there to be broken, but they have to do well (to beat it).

“It is not easy in the modern era to make 15 wins in a row.”

Leicester were made to wait until the 94th minute to book their place in the last eight with a 1-0 win over Brighton.

Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench to win the tie when the Nigerian headed home Youri Tielemans’s cross from a quickly-taken corner.

Sheffield United also just needed a solitary goal to see off Bristol City 1-0 thanks to Billy Sharp’s penalty after Alfie Mawson was sent off for handling David McGoldrick’s goalbound shot.



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