Manchester City's victory against Burnley left more than three points for Pep Guardiola's men. The team recovered its confidence after dropping points against Newcastle and managed to accomplish a couple of milestones while at it.
With a 4-1 score, Manchester City returned to second place in the Premier League standings, and their coach was able to celebrate a couple of records for himself. First off, he managed to lead his team to a 36th victory in which his side claimed all the points by more than three goals, something no team in the past five years has been able to accomplish in the Premier League. And if that was not enough reason to celebrate, how about hitting 450 wins in his career?
.@ManCity's win tonight is Pep Guardiola's th win of his managerial career, this his th game
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) December 3, 2019
1st came with @FCBarcelona in 4-0 win v Wisla Krakow in Champions League Qualifier in August 2008 pic.twitter.com/moLxemrCD1
But Pep Guardiola was not the only man in Manchester City's squad to celebrate a personal milestone. Riyad Mahrez joined the celebrations by reaching a milestone of his own.
50 - Riyad Mahrez has become the ninth different player from Africa to reach 50 Premier League goals, netting 39 for Leicester and 11 for Manchester City (177 appearances). Milestone. #BURMCI pic.twitter.com/akbGAzjBWx
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 3, 2019
The Citizens will have to wait for the rest of the games taking place this midweek before they can keep their pursuit of Liverpool, who are currently eight points above them in the title race, but with the Merseyside derby being played on Wednesday.