The season Manchester City rewrote the Premier League scoring record books
In short: In the 2013–14 campaign, Manchester City achieved a feat of clinical efficiency rarely seen in English football. They became the fastest club in Premier League history to reach 100 competitive goals, shattering long-standing benchmarks and establishing a high-octane attacking identity that left defenders struggling to keep pace.
The 2013–14 season, the club's 112th competitive campaign, was defined by unprecedented offensive output. Under the management of Manuel Pellegrini, City reached the 100-goal milestone in all competitions before the end of January, a feat never before accomplished so early in a Premier League season. By the time the campaign concluded, the club had amassed a total of 1s56 goals across all competitions, surpassing the previous record of 143 goals established by Manchester United during the 1956–57 season.
This scoring prowess was not merely a collective effort but driven by a trio of prolific forwards. The squad featured three individual players—Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero, and Edin Džeko—who each scored more than 15 goals, marking the first time such a feat was achieved by a single team in the Premier League era. In the league specifically, City netted 102 goals, the second-highest total in the division's history at that time, falling just one goal short of Chelsea's 2009–10 record.
Beyond the goals, the season was marked by significant milestones and silverware. The club secured the Football League Cup on 2 March 2014, their first victory in that competition since 1976. They followed this by clinching the Premier League title on 11 May 2014, following a 2–0 win over West Ham United. This marked their second league title in three seasons and their first instance of winning two trophies in a single season since the 1969–70 campaign.
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