Premier League champions Man City continue quest for historic four top-flight titles in a row at Brighton

Manchester City continue their Premier League title defence at Brighton on Thursday, live on Sky Sports, with the historic achievement of becoming the first side to win four top-flight titles in a row still very much within reach.

There are few records left for Pep Guardiola and his City side to break after their treble-winning campaign last time out, but there is one that has remained untouched since the inception of the English top flight in 1888 and that is the quest for four consecutive championships.

Intriguingly, it is a feat that has been regularly achieved on the continent, with Guardiola himself having done it twice while in charge at both Barcelona (2008-11) and Bayern Munich (2013-16), while the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus have also done it of late.

In contrast, though, only six English sides have ever won three successive league titles and none have gone on to make it four in a row - so, who are those teams and what went wrong in their bids to make it four on the trot?

Herbert Chapman's Huddersfield were the first team to win three consecutive top-flight titles, with Chapman overseeing the first two of those in 1923-24 and 1924-25.

In fact, the Terriers' first league win was achieved in dramatic fashion as they edged out Cardiff City by a goal difference of just 0.024 after the two teams finished level on 57 points.

Cecil Potter - who replaced the Arsenal-bound Chapman - was at the helm as Huddersfield made it three in a row in 1926 and they came close to a fourth successive league win the following campaign, only to finish as runners-up to Newcastle United.

Chapman was lured from Huddersfield to Arsenal in 1925, initially winning the league championship in 1930-31 and then again two years later as