Manchester United’s win over Leicester saw them notch up a very impressive landmark, demonstrating their continued improvement under Erik ten Hag.
The Red Devils continued their flying form this season with a comfortable 3-0 win over the Foxes on Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford.
United swept past Leicester on Sunday
Marcus Rashford was at the double while Jadon Sancho came off the bench to make sure of the result to make it the club’s 27th win this season in all competitions.
And that is a record across Europe’s top five leagues – the Premier League, LaLiga, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A.
While the likes of Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli all leading their respective leagues, it is United who have actually won the most games.
Remarkably, they are also seven wins ahead of their entire tally last season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick, who oversaw just 20 wins between them in a dismal campaign.
It just underlines the brilliant job that Ten Hag has done so far at Old Trafford with some fans even dreaming of a potential Premier League title charge.
The win over Leicester has put them five points behind leaders Arsenal and three behind second-placed Manchester City while they have lost just once this calendar year – which was away to the Gunners in January.
United are flying under Ten Hag
Ten Hag has got United flying in all competitions
United are the only side in Europe to remain in four competitions as they look to lift the Carabao Cup next Sunday while still playing in the Europa League, FA Cup and Premier League.
But despite the victory over the Foxes, Ten Hag was not happy with his team – particularly in the first-half.
He told Sky Sports: “We’re happy with the result, it’s a great result.
“When you play every third day you can’t always get to your same performance. Today was really tough.
“First half Leicester played brilliant, we were rubbish, the way we were really undisciplined.
“We had problems and it was only because of David de Gea that we had a clean sheet at half-time.
United have won seven games more this season than they managed in the entirety of last year
“Luckily we had half-time, we could repair some things and the second half was brilliant.
“There was a lot of pleasure, it was enjoyable to watch how we created so many chances and scored great goals.”
Next up for Man United is a huge Europa League clash at home to Barcelona on Thursday night, the tie finely poised at 2-2.
As away goals no longer count in European ties both sides will be going for victory if they want to avoid a extra time and a penalty shootout. But the stat suggests Man United know how to do this better than anyone in the big five leagues.
