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“Barcelona have lost none of their last 39 games,” writes Mandy Williams. “Is this a record for the longest unbeaten run in all competitions?”

Barcelona’s last defeat was in October, when they lost 2-1 to Sevilla. Since then their record is undeniably competent: P39 W30 D9 L0 F122 A23. Some you win, some you draw. They are closing in on the catchily entitled ‘longest unbeaten run in all competitions by a team that plays in one of Europe’s big five leagues’, but the world record is still a fair bit away.

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