City’s treble effort akin to United’s feat in 1998-99

AS THE result of a match, where a trophy was up for grabs, turned Manchester blue yet again, City went within one win of an iconic treble – something English football has not seen since United’s feat in 1998-1999. So with their 2-1 FA Cup final win over United leaving Pep Guardiola’s side two thirds of the way on the road to history, how does their treble attempt stack up to United’s from 24 years ago?

United began their treble season los-

CRICKET ing the Shield – a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal – while Manchester City began this season with a 3-1 loss to Liverpool in the same competition. Both City and United went on to win the league ahead of closest challengers Arsenal. In 1998-1999 United won the league with 79 points, one clear of Arsenal, and won 22 of their 38 games.