Where Does The 2022/23 Manchester City Team Rank Amongst The Best Club Sides Of All Time?

Last season Manchester City did the unthinkable. By winning the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League, they achieved a historic treble, also on a grand scale.

Some viewers are starting to see City as one of the best teams of all time last season – today we want to explore that claim. Of course, this is an extremely important title.

That’s why we compare them to two other teams who won the treble: Barcelona in 2008/09 (also managed by Pep Guardiola) and the legendary Manchester United in 1998/99.

We feel that these two teams are the most comparable to City last season – especially Manchester United, who won the treble in the same division as the Sky Blues.

How do Manchester City fare when compared to the 2008/09 Barcelona team?

Barcelona, ​​arguably the best club side of all time, were a force of nature in the 2008/09 season. Their squad featured legendary names such as Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta, Thierry Henry, Yaya Toure and Lionel Messi.

They have dominated La Liga this season and are nine points clear of second-placed Real Madrid. They lost some momentum towards the end of the season, but the title was already won by that point. Perhaps their finest moment came in the Champions League when they beat Bayern Munich 4-0 in the first leg, a testament to their leading position in the World Cup this season.

Player by player and in training we think Barcelona are better than City last season. However, given the Sky Blues’ dominance in the Champions League, the difference between them isn’t as big as it seems.

How does the team match up against the Manchester United 1998/99 squad?

It might upset some viewers but we think City were better than Manchester United last season in 1998/99 – listen to us. Manchester United may have won the treble in 1999 but were not as dominant as City in 2022/23. They’ve won both the Premier League and the Champions League by a narrow margin – they won the title by a single point, while the Champions League was won thanks to a dramatic last-minute change.

While Manchester City spent most of the previous season behind Arsenal in the league table, after 38 games were played, they still finished above the Gunners by a five-point gap.

Moreover, their Champions League run was simply phenomenal. They swept aside even the sternest of competitors with ease, including Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and reigning champions Real Madrid. Over the course of their entire campaign in the Champions League, they conceded just five goals.