It’s a sky blue world as City hailed are as England’s best
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City soaks up the praise
London — Manchester City’s treble winners have been hailed as English football’s greatest team after their FA Cup final demolition of Watford completed a historic campaign. Pep Guardiola’s side became the first English club to win the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season thanks to their swaggering 6-0 success at Wembley on Saturday. Equalling the record margin of victory for an FA Cup final was the perfect way to cap a remarkable year for City, who followed their record-breaking Premier League triumph in 2017-18 with an even more astonishing run this term. They are the first English top-flight side to register 50 wins in all competitions in a single season. Guardiola’s men also scored a record 169 goals in 61 games this season, beating their own previous best of 156. City now rank high on the list of the greatest English teams. Only a select few can claim to be on a par with City, an elite group that includes Arsenal’s 2004 “Invincibles”, Manchester United’s 19...
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