Manchester City better than Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ in almost every category except the obvious one… and have already scored more goals with ten games still to play

IT'S a bit harsh to compare Arsenal with Manchester City at the moment.

After all, Pep Guardiola's men have battered the hapless Gunners 3-0 twice in the space of a week.

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First of all, City lifted the Carabao Cup at Wembley at Arsenal's expense, before winning by the same scoreline in North London in the Premier League.

At this stage, the Etihad side sit an incredible 30 points ahead of Arsene Wenger's struggling Gunners in the league table - with ten games still to play.

But even then, City still get compared to Arsenal... for the Londoners' 2003-04 "Invincibles" campaign.

Liverpool may have put a stop to Guardiola's hopes of going the full season unbeaten, in a 4-3 thriller at Anfield in January.

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However, City's season deserves to be considered the greatest of all-time at this stage, as they're beating Arsenal's 2003-04 season in a bucket-load of categories, according to .

For starters, they've already scored more goals this season than the "Invincibles" did - with 82 compared to 73... and City still have ten games to play.

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In fact, it works out that Pep's rampant squad are scoring more than a goal-a-game more than the Gunners that season, at 2.94 goals per outing, compared to 1.92.

It's not a close-run thing in terms of points per game either, with City racking up an unparalleled 2.68 to Arsenal's still impressive 2.37 that year.

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2017-18 Man City also top 2003-04 Arsenal in goal difference and win percentage, but at this stage have averaged more goals conceded per game at 0.71 compared to the Gunners' 0.68.

Amazingly, City's goals per game, win percentage and goal difference are on course to be the best-ever in Premier League history.

At this stage, they should easily surpass the 95 points racked-up by Chelsea in the 2004-05 season, too - projected to even break the 100-point barrier.