THE ATHLETIC, THE LAST IN FALLING
Manchester City and FC Barcelona, the only invictos in Europe
Published:24/12/2017 - 11:03h
Updated:24/12/2017 - 14:51h
It does some weeks that five teams shared an atypical register in the big European leagues: Well gone in the championship kept invictos. It has not happened too much, but now in the career only there is two: Manchester City and FC Barcelona
The statistics are to break them and no always have impact in the classification, but arrive to the equator of the competition with the pigeonhole of defeats for premièring is something no too common. Until it does few days, were five the applicants in the big Leagues that could boast to keep invictos, but little by little have gone falling. Manchester City and FC Barcelona are the only that resist.
Three weeks ago exact that 'punctured' the first of the applicants, and since there is varied to which have shivered them the legs. Valencia was the first in descolgarse in his visit to Getafe, and after resarcirse against the Celtic, saw surpassed by Eibar and Villarreal. With the Athletic taking the witness of the 'che' as alternative to LaLiga, seemed that the ones of the Cholo Simeone had recovered the joy, but a surprise of the Espanyol in Cornellà-The Prat erased them the smile of the face.
It does few days that the Inter derailed in the Series To with a defeat home against Udinese, but to the 'nerazzurri' has happened them bill and has carried them of the leadership to fall far of him. The Italian group has chained a meritorio tie against the Juventus, the quoted sobresalto and another in the last day, in which they fell by the minimum against the Sassuolo.
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They have had to row a lot to arrive until here, but FC Barcelona and Manchester City have remained sólos in what imbatibilidad refers . The men of Ernesto Valverde have survived to exits so important like Wanda Metropolitan, Mestalla, the Stadium of the Ceramics or Santiago Bernabéu, and have harvested an important distance at the head of the classification.
But even more stood out is the work of Pep Guardiola, that has nailed the half of the Premier League with some historical registers: 18 victories and hardly a tie. There is not rival for the 'citizens' in the championship of the regularity, and is for seeing if in the Champions there will be somebody in conditions to stop them. For the moment, and in the distance, the pulse continues.
