Manchester United really are invincible. THE Edwin Van Der Sar has set the record for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal. The new mark stands currently at 1,122 minutes (approximately 18.7 hours or the approximate time in which it would take you to watch Michael Phelps’s world record 200M butterfly 600 times, or Usain Bolt’s world record 100M dash 6,947 times, or, according to Google Maps, the time it would take to drive nonstop from Columbus, Ohio to the Denver Airport). For the majority of the record, the United defense has been in absolute shambles with, at one point, the whole of the starting 4 defenders out and many other injuries to the club that saw them at one point with more injuries than anyone in the league, most of which were injuries to defenders! In 2004, due to the astonishing feat, I literally shat myself when Peter Cech set the previous mark, but this, this is absolutely inconceivable! The numbers in all show that United have not allowed a goal in 12 Premier League matches. They have not been scored on since the 8th of November. During this same time period they have climbed to number one in the English Premier League, 5 points clear of Liverpool and Chelsea, and currently 10 clear of Arsenal (who has fallen out of the top four to newcomers Aston Villa). While United have been literally dominating the whole league, Liverpool have tied 7 of their last 10 games, conceding 7 goals, Arsenal have tied 5 of their last 8 while conceding 6 goals, and Chelsea have tied 4 and lost 2 of their last 10 while conceding 9 goals.
