Longest winning runs in Premier League history – and when Liverpool can break record – Mirror Online, Mirror

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It is safe to say that Liverpool have started this Premier League season as they left the last one.

Their failure to overhaul Manchester City during the epic 2018 / 19 title race certainly hasn’t produced a hangover for Jurgen Klopp and his players, who have won their opening six games of this season to open up a five-point lead at the top of the table.

That will become eight if they can beat Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Saturday, when a 16 th straight Premier League victory could be achieved.

Beating Chris Wilder’s side would be no easy feat though, and neither would setting the Premier League record for the most successive wins as some tough tests lie ahead of the Reds.

In purely Premier League terms, after the Blades Klopp’s side face a home game with (Leicester) , a trip to Manchester United and then they host Tottenham. They’ll need to win all four if they want to be Premier League record-breakers.

Here are the previous best winning runs in top-flight (post – 1992) history.

11 wins

Manchester United (Dec 2008 – Mar 2009), Chelsea April-Sept 2009, Liverpool (Feb-April 2014), Manchester City (April-Sept 2015)

Liverpool are no strangers to a winning Premier League run, but their 11 straight successes in the latter months of the 2013 / 14 season weren’t enough to seal top-flight success, as they infamously lost 2- 0 at home toChelsea.

Three other teams join that Brendan Rodgers vintage on 11, with Sir Alex Ferguson’sManchester Unitedroaring to the title in 2008 / 09 and Carlo Ancelotti and Manuel Pellegrini bookending seasons at Chelsea andManchester Cityrespectively.

12 wins

(Manchester United) March-Aug 2000)

Ferguson’s United ran away with the 1999 / (league title thanks to) straight wins in order to seal success by 18 points from second-placeArsenal.

They then began 2000 / 01 by beatingNewcastle, before a draw at Ipswich ended the run at 12.

(wins)

Chelsea (Sept) ********************************************************************************* – Jan 2017)

After two defeats and a draw in Chelsea’s opening six games, Antonio Conte switched to a back three and suddenly everything was right in the Blues’ world.

They strung together 13 straight league successes before losing atTottenhamin their first game of 2017.

14 wins

Arsenal (Feb-Aug 2002)

WithLiverpooland Manchester United breathing down their necks, Arsenal won their last 13 games of the 2001 / 02 Premier League season to clinch the title – via a win at Old Trafford – by seven points from Gerard Houllier’s Reds.

They beat Birmingham 2-0 in their opening game of 2002 / 03 before being held to a 2-2 draw at West Ham.

(wins)

Manchester City (Feb-Aug 2019, Liverpool (March-Sept 2019 so far)

In the best Premier League title race there’s ever been, Manchester City needed consistent excellent to see off the challenge of Liverpool, who ended last season on 97 points – one fewer than Pep Guardiola’s side.

City’s run came to an end in their 2-2 draw at home to Tottenham at the start of this season when VAR denied them a late winner.

Liverpool, meanwhile, go to Sheffield United having won their first six games of this season to go with their last nine of 2018 / 19.

18 wins

Manchester City (Aug-Dec 2017)

After a draw at home toEvertonin their second game, City ensured that the 2017 / 18 title race was going to be nothing more than a procession as they strung together 18 straight victories.

Their run finally ended with a goalless draw atCrystal Palaceon New Year’s Eve 2017, but the league title was theirs.