Manchester
United made history on Saturday as victory over Watford saw them become the
first side to hit 2,000 points in the Premier League.
Juan Mata and Anthony Martial sealed
a comfortable 2-0 win at Old Trafford that meant Jose Mourinho's
side reached the milestone
after 949 games.
Nearest
rivals Arsenal are back on 1,797 points, while leaders Chelsea sit in third
place on 1,755
All-time
Premier League points
|
Team
|
Points
|
|
Manchester
United
|
2,000
|
|
Arsenal
|
1,797
|
|
Chelsea
|
1,755
|
|
Liverpool
|
1,650
|
|
Tottenham
|
1,411
|
|
Everton
|
1,304
|
United, one
of only six teams to play every season in the Premier League since its
inception in 1992, have an overall win ratio of 63 per cent and also top the
table when it comes to points-per-game, averaging 2.11.
Victory over
the Hornets stretched United's unbeaten run to 16 Premier League games - their
longest top-flight streak since March 2013 and the longest current unbeaten
sequence in Europe's major leagues.
Another
record looms because Mourinho's men - still sixth in the table but just a point
off fourth-placed Liverpool - will become the first Premier League club to
notch 600 Premier League victories if they can see off Bournemouth on February
4 at Old Trafford.
Mourinho
declared the run "amazing" and while he sees ample room for
improvement, he reckons his side is not getting enough credit for the quality
of their football.
"It was
a very good (performance)," he said after the game. "It was the kind
of football that if it was somebody else's team, you would say it was 'art',
but because it was my team, you will just say it was 'very good'. But that is
fine.
"Sixteen
(league) games unbeaten is an amazing record, but it would be the perfect
record with two or three fewer draws at home. We have an amazing record of
being unbeaten, but we should have more."
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