One of the most relentless schedules in the history of English football hasn't stopped Manchester City putting together a record-setting run of wins.
It's 15 straight victories and counting for manager Pep Guardiola's irrepressible team, who have another domestic treble in their sights.
On an action-filled evening in the FA Cup featuring a wild 5-4 win for Everton over Tottenham, Man City beat second-tier Swansea 3-1 to also reach the quarter-finals and break the record for most consecutive wins in all competitions by a top-flight team. The mark had lasted for nearly 130 years, with Preston winning 14 in a row in 1892. That was later matched by Arsenal's class of 1987.
City have gone one better during a pandemic, when matches in the Premier League or domestic cup competitions are being played every three or four days to fit them into a condensed season that started a month later than usual.
Indeed, by also advancing last month to the League Cup final, City have played every weekend and midweek since November 21 — except for an eight-day break from December 26-January 3 during which the team's training ground was closed because of a coronavirus outbreak. The number of first-team players to test positive ran into double figures.