The Liverpool Champions League winner whose new club are 105 games unbeaten

A wide smile spreads across Luis Garcia’s face.“We are almost there — almost,” Garcia tells The Athletic.He is discussing the 105-game unbeaten run in the Malaysian Super League, dating back to April 2021, achieved by his club Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT).The 47-year-old former Barcelona, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid midfielder has been JDT’s chief executive officer for just over a year. According to football data site RSSSF, they are three matches away from equalling the longest stretch without defeat ever in league football worldwide — 108, by ASEC Mimosas of the Ivory Coast between 1989 and 1994.Advertisement