OUR TEAMS MEN Ilkay Gundogan celebrates scoring against Barcelona

New signing Gabriel Jesus nets a goal By ’s own admission, against Swansea at the 2016-17 season proved the Etihad Stadium somewhat disappointing. City failed to land a major trophy and the team exited the Champions League at the last-16 stage.

However, there was clear progression in the In the Champions League, City once again made quality of the team’s football, with Guardiola it out of a difficult group before succumbing to introducing a new, more expansive style in line Monaco on goal difference in the last 16. with the vision for the Club. Impressive wins in the Champions League against Barcelona (3-1) City now have the nucleus of a quality young and Monaco (5-3) saw City produce arguably squad equipped to deliver long-term success. their best-ever football – a clear indication of the registered a remarkable 18 approach being developed under Guardiola’s assists in the league, Sergio Agüero became leadership. only the fifth player to score 20 or more goals in three consecutive seasons and City finished third in the Premier League table Vincent Kompany, the team’s influential leader, and registered 12 away wins, equalling the Club returned from injury to play a major role in the record set in 2001-02 when Kevin Keegan’s side final weeks of the campaign. Agüero ended the won promotion back to the top flight. They also season in sight of ousting Eric Brook as City’s reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, beaten by all-time leading goalscorer. Arsenal at Wembley after dominating the match for long periods. City have now finished inside the top four in the Premier League for the last seven seasons, the only Premier League club to do so.

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2016-17 RECORD PREMIER LEAGUE STATS FIVE YEARS OF CONSISTENCY PERFORMANCE OF MEN’S FIRST TEAM THIS SEASON KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE 2016-17 SEASON MANCHESTER CITY WAS THE HIGHEST-RANKING PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB ACROSS A HOST OF PERFORMANCE METRICS BETWEEN 2012-13 AND 2016-17 RD GOALS 3 80SCORED Nine more than last season NO. The highest-ranked1 English PLACE club by UEFA (based on last Premier League position five seasons) ROUND OF GOALS SCORED TROPHIES 43 3In five years 16 Away from home, more than any Champions League other team (vs Monaco) % GOALS 65Average possession per game, SCORED SEMI-FINALISTS More402 than any other Premier League more than any other team FA Cup (vs Arsenal) team and 37 goals more than Liverpool (in 2nd place)

ROUND OF KM MINUTES 116Average distance covered per 16 match by all players, more than PER GOAL Capital One Cup any other team For109 Agüero, the most efficient striker in the (vs Manchester United) Premier League (minimum 50 goals)

Source: Manchester City Source: Manchester City Source: UEFA, Opta

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