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EPL: Manuel Pellegrini demands points, not records

Updated on: 23 August,2015 02:39 AM IST  | 
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Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is interested in points, not records, as he bids to maintain his side's superb start to the season

EPL: Manuel Pellegrini demands points, not records

Manuel Pellegrini

Manchester: Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is interested in points, not records, as he bids to maintain his side's superb start to the season.

Manuel Pellegrini
Manuel Pellegrini 


City can equal a 103-year-old club record of nine successive top-flight wins if they beat Everton at Goodison Park today.


Pellegrini's men won their final six English Premier League games last season to put some gloss on a generally frustrating campaign.


They have carried the momentum into the new term with back-to-back 3-0 demolitions of West Brom and champions Chelsea.

Pellegrini did oversee eight successive league wins during the 2013-14 title-winning season but not since 1912, also across two seasons, have City bettered such a sequence.

Equalling it would be a notable achievement — and City could then set a new record against Watford the following week — but Pellegrini is focused only on the bigger picture.

The 61-year-old said: "It matters to have three more points in the table and it is very important to continue in the same way we played the first two games, because we must be a consistent team during the whole season. But if that is a new record, that is a thing for me that is not important."

Pellegrini acknowledges the task ahead of his side could also be a tricky one. Everton have also made an unbeaten start and were impressive as they beat Southampton 3-0 last weekend with two goals from Romelu Lukaku.

Prior to Pellegrini's appointment they lost just twice in 12 meetings with City and their statistics remain strong despite four games without a win.

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