The best Premier League dynasties - who was the greatest?

A record fourth consecutive Premier League title cements Pep Guardiola's Manchester City as one of the best Premier League teams in years.

So how do City compare to some of the other great Premier League dynasties?

Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea have all previously had seasons to savour.

Read our list and then rank them below.

Alex Ferguson's first great Manchester United team, the Red Devils won seven of the first nine Premier League titles.

The highlight was undoubtedly the 1998-99 Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.

Almost half of the team came from the 'Class of 92' with stars from the academy like David Beckham, Gary and Phil Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.

Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel, Roy Keane, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke were some of the other icons of the time.

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal were the first team to consistently challenge Manchester United for the title, winning it in 1997-98 and again in 2001-02 (a Double-winning season) and 2003-04.

They managed eight top-two finishes in a row from 1999 until 2005.

The Gunners' legacy of this timeframe was the incredible 'Invincibles' season of 2003-04 when they became the first, and still only, team to go unbeaten in a Premier League campaign.

French stars Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires, as well as Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp, were aided by England defenders Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell in a side that made history.

Jose Mourinho helped establish Chelsea as one of the Premier League's top teams when he arrived in 2004.

And his personality - as he became known as 'the Special One' following a slight misquote from his opening Chelsea news conference - shook up the Premier League.

He led them to two Premier League titles, and a second-placed finish, in his three full seasons in charge before a fractious exit - which would become a running theme in his managerial career.

Stalwarts of the side included England trio Frank Lampard, John Terry and Joe Cole, plus goalkeeper Petr Cech, holding midfielder Claude Makelele and striker Didier Drogba.

This was seen as Ferguson's second great United team.

After three seasons without a Premier League title, they went on to win three in a row and four in five years.

They lifted their second (and most recent) Champions League trophy in this time, beating Chelsea on penalties in 2007-08.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney were the attacking stars of this team, with Ronaldo leaving after the third consecutive title. Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was finally a worthy replacement for Schmeichel, Rio Ferdinand was impressive at the back and Giggs and Scholes were still going strong.

And finally, Guardiola's current City side, who are the first team to win four top-flight titles in succession, that takes their tally to six in seven.

That run started off with a record 100-point haul in 2017-18 and 98 points the following season.

Last season they managed the Treble of winning Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League titles.

City's dominance, with just one Liverpool title puncturing the run, has been helped by their sensational form in the run-in in most of the campaigns.

Kevin de Bruyne, Ederson, Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Kyle Walker have been there for all the titles, with Sergio Aguero and then Erling Haaland banging in the goals.