Through 18 games, City already has an 14-point lead at the top of the standings. Preston would repeat as league champions a year later, but the club has not won the title since. But if followers of the nascent league believed that an unbeaten season would be a regular thing, they were wrong. It was knocked out in the semifinals of its two domestic Cups and in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. After five games this season, bookmakers were already setting a line on an undefeated season for City: typically about 40-to-1.

Source: thestar December 16, 2017 23:48 UTC