5 reasons why Manchester City cannot emulate the Arsenal Invincibles this season

#3 Guardiola isn't one to be carried away by records

Pep Guardiola is no Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger, midway through the Invincibles campaign, eyed a record that was not achieved by any other side in the Premier League. In fact, England's top division hadn't seen an unbeaten side since the 1888/89 season when Preston North End finished the season without losing a single league or cup game. In fact, he was dreaming on achieving such a feat from the 2002/03 season.

Due to the Frenchman's dream of achieving the unthinkable in the modern era, he decided to prioritize league games at the cost of forgoing other competitions. Come the business end of the campaign, when the record was within reach, Wenger did not mind giving up his Champions League dream and his side suffered a shock defeat at the hands of the then underdogs, Chelsea.

Throughout the course of the season, Arsenal lost a number of crucial games in other competitions due to Wenger's obsession to go unbeaten in the league. They lost key Champions League group stage matches against Inter Milan and Dynamo Kiev and also got beaten by Middlesbrough in both legs of the semi-finals of the League Cup. They also lost to rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup.

Furthermore, when the league was secured, rather than giving his fringe players an opportunity to impress, Wenger continued with the same team and managed to secure scrappy draws at the end of the season. The spoils were shared in the last four of their six games of the season, including a home draw to minnows Birmingham.

Guardiola does not think like Wenger does. He wouldn't mind losing a few games en route to achieving short-term and long-term success for his club. He is also unlikely to forego winning the FA Cup or the Carabao Cup, where we saw him playing a strong team in the game against Championship outfit Wolves.

The Spaniard is a serial winner and would like to win as many trophies as he can, rather than putting all his eggs in one basket and opting to go unbeaten in the league. He isn't programmed to think that way, and the thought of emulating the Invincibles is likely to be one of the last things on his mind at the moment.