Manchester City open up largest margin at Christmas in English top-flight history

Pep Guardiola's side are 13 clear at Christmas after Manchester United's draw with Leicester City, the largest margin ever in the English top flight

's gap on the rest of the Premier League continues to grow.

City's 4-0 beating of Bournemouth on Saturday coupled with 's last-minute 2-2 draw with left Pep Guardiola's dominant side 13-points clear of Jose Mourinho's Red Devils, who sit second in the table.

That gap represents the largest lead ever by a top-flight team on Christmas day.

13 - Man City will be 13 points clear of Man Utd on Christmas Day – the biggest points gap between first and second place on Dec 25th in English top-flight history. Chasm. pic.twitter.com/oqyg4GEslp — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 23, 2017

Guardiola's City side have won 18 times already this season, with just one draw in 19 matches to open up what appears to be an insurmountable lead at the top of the table.

In fact, City have won as many matches this season as Manchester United did all of last season.

18 - Manchester City have already won as many Premier League games this season (18 of 19) as Manchester United did in the whole of 2016-17 (18 of 38). Parked. pic.twitter.com/GNL7TRyE6g — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 23, 2017

And Guardiola's side are doing it all in style as well.

It had been 25 years since an English side racked up 100 goals in a calendar year before Man City hit that mark on Saturday.

100 - Manchester City have become the first English team to score 100 top-flight league goals in a calendar year since in 1982 (106). Superb. pic.twitter.com/FJGpa6u5nw — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 23, 2017

City could make the gap even wider before the year ends, as Guardiola's men face Newcastle and before New Year's Day.