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The 2017/18 Premier League campaign witnessed sheer dominance and power from Champions Manchester City. Pep Guardiola and his club produced scintillating football throughout the campaign that was ultimately culminated in a plethora of goals, wins, and points.
City steamrolled past their opponents and were barely challenged by any team in the league as the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling and many others were a joy to watch as Guardiola and his side beat every opposition en route to establishing themselves at the summit of English football.
The road to success started first when Manchester City smashed Arsenal to seal the Carabao Cup in February before wrapping up the title race in April to complete a domestic double, in a season where they set a new milestone one after the other.
On that note, here are the records accomplished by City in the Premier League last season:
#8 Biggest Points Gap to 2nd Place
Manchester City finished the season with an astonishing 100 points whereas fierce and hated rivals Manchester United finished second on 81 points. The points difference of 19 was between the top two was a new record set by the three-time Premier League Champs as both the clubs had totally contrasting seasons.
City broke United's long-standing record of 18 points between first and second when the Red Devils had comfortably won the league title in their historic treble-winning 1999-00 season, finishing on 91 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal who secured only 73 points.
Manchester City was on a rampage last season, winning game after game whereas Man United found it very hard to keep up and let the pressure climb on themselves, losing games and dropping points in winnable fixtures as they were lagging behind their neighbours all throughout the season.
#7 Best Goal Difference
Manchester City scored 106 goals and conceded just 27 as they finished the season with a Premier League high goal difference of 79. Sergio Aguero was once again City's highest scorer in the league, scoring 21 goals that included three hattricks as he became the club's all-time leading goalscorer with 199 goals.
However, the biggest surprise of the season was Raheem Sterling, as he blossomed and thrived under Pep Guardiola, finally reaching his long overdue potential, making excellent runs, creating space and popping up in the right areas of the pitch as he scored a career-high 18 league goals.
At the back, new signing Ederson was the perfect fit in Pep Guardiola's system guarding the goal. The Brazilian kept 16 clean sheets in his debut season and was a huge influence in commencing the attack from his box as he averaged four long balls per game in the league with a pass completion rate of 85%.
Nicolas Otamendi was reliant and everpresent in the back four along with fullback Kyle Walker as the duo recorded 14 shutouts whereas John Stones and Vincent Kompany also chipped in with valuable contributions in an injury struck season, as they formed an in-depth central defence at City along with January acquisition Aymeric Laporte.
#6 Most Away Wins
Manchester City recorded the highest number of away wins last season, setting a new record of 16 Premier League wins on the road. The Citizens collected a total of 50 points on their travels that included 10 consecutive wins before falling succumbed to a goalless draw against Crystal Palace in the final game of 2017.
City's most memorable win dated back to late September, in the form of a 1-0 win against former Champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. It was a tactical masterclass from Pep Guardiola as the Sky Blues dominated proceedings on Chelsea's turf and earned a well-deserved win courtesy of a Kevin de Bruyne goal from outside the box.
The Sky Blues first and only defeat on the road came at the hands of Liverpool when they lost narrowly at Anfield in an enthralling and classic Premier League battle. However, City did beat the rest of the top six on the road which included important wins against the likes of Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, and Arsenal.
#5 Most Consecutive Wins
18 successive wins was a newly set English league milestone by Manchester City last campaign. The Premier League Champions broke Arsenal's feat of 14 straight wins in 2002 and it all started in the third week of the season when City beat Bournemouth 2-1 away from home.
This included wins against four of the top six teams in the league as City breezed past their opponents smashing 60 goals in 18 games, a run that lasted from August 26 to December 28, 2017, and included two last-minute winning goals from Raheem Sterling against Bournemouth and Southampton.
The year before, Chelsea had embarked on a similar run where they won 13 consecutive matches in their title-winning season. City's winning run was halted when they narrowly avoided defeat against Crystal Palace as Luka Milivojevic failed to convert his penalty in injury time.
Pep Guardiola's men had gone unbeaten until the new year, for a span of 22 games but their quest for invincibility came to an end as Liverpool beat City 4-3 at home and handed the Champions their first loss of the season.
#4 Most 3+ Goal Margin Wins
Rampant, Dominant, Commanding, Stylish and Powerful. These are some of the few selective adjectives that can be used to describe Manchester City's performances in the majority of their games last campaign.
The Champions registered 13 wins by a margin of three or more goals last season, setting another new Premier League high among several other records. In the month of September, Man City scored 16 goals in three matches that included a 5-0 beating of Liverpool.
City averaged two wins per month by a three-goal difference as they cruised to the maiden league title under Pep Guardiola. This was one of the best differentials that set the Citizens apart from previous Premier League Champions in their conquest of English top flight football in 2017/18.
#3 Most Premier League Goals
Manchester City scored a whopping 106 goals in the Premier League last season which included 13 different goalscorers with four players reaching double figures for goals that included the likes of Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane while six players crossed the tally of four and more goals last season.
City broke Chelsea's record of 103 goals from their 2009/10 title-winning season under Carlo Ancelotti. Similarly, the Sky Blues also accomplished another feat when they became the first team to have four players accumulate 10 or more assists in a single Premier League campaign.
Aguero came third in the race for the golden boot whereas the top four players on the list for assists were all Man City players with Kevin De Bruyne topping the charts with 16 whereas Sane was second behind the Belgian with 15 assists respectively.
On the other hand, goals from different players on the pitch also contributed massively in City converting one point to three points as help from the back proved to be substantial in Pep Guardiola's side stretching their lead every week.
Nicolas Otamendi scored four goals including the leveller against West Ham when Manchester City had fallen behind and more importantly scoring the winner against Manchester United in the derby at Old Trafford.
Fernandinho chipped in with five goals from midfield while Bernando Silva made maximum use of his opportunities in the second half of the season and finished with six goals and five assists to his name in his debut season in England.
#2 Most Premier League Wins
2017/18 Premier League Winners Manchester City set a Premier League and top division record with 32 wins last season as they broke Chelsea's historic feat of 30 wins from the previous campaign as the Sky Blues suffered only two defeats and four draws respectively all of last season.
Man City beat all the other 19 teams in the league last season and similarly completed the season double over 14 teams. The Citizens' biggest home win was a 7-2 beating of Stoke City while their biggest away win away from home was a 6-0 trouncing of Watford at Vicarage Road.
City scored the most number of goals against Watford as they crushed 11 goals past The Hornets in their two meetings and conceded none. Meanwhile, Manchester City failed to score only twice during the entirety of last season, both of them being goalless draws against Crystal Palace and Huddersfield Town.
#1 Highest Points Tally
Reaching the landmark of points in triple figures had never been attained in the Premier League era prior to last season. However, Gabriel Jesus' stoppage-time winner against Southampton at St.Mary's on the final day of the season meant that Manchester City accomplished the unthinkable and finished with exactly 100 points.
Pep Guardiola and his team became the first club to reach the untouched 100 figure milestone not just in the league but also became the first top-flight English club to achieve this incredible landmark as they set another new top division record.
City were on the cusp of breaking another record of clinching the league title in early April in the shortest amount of time in Premier League history with six games to spare but their neighbours Manchester United did not let that to happen as an excellent 3-2 comeback win by the Red Devils in the Manchester Derby meant that the Champions had to wait.
The foundation of Manchester City's success was laid out by the intent shown in the transfer window as they splashed the cash in the necessary positions. This was ultimately replicated and produced with results combined with team effort and response to the demands of the boss on the field along the hunger to win each and every game.
City gave a beating and trouncing to almost all the teams in the league last season whether it was home or away, they humiliated their opponents by not just blasting goals past them but also from a mental standpoint through their tactfulness, presence of mind and awareness during the crunch moments.
