Mjällby's goalkeeper Carljohan Eriksson needed to keep a clean sheet for 44 minutes in Sunday's match against IFK Gothenburg to break a new record.

Before the match, he had kept a clean sheet in eight straight Allsvenskan matches.

Håkan Svensson's record without a goal conceded in the Allsvenskan has been with him since the 1999/2000 season, when he managed to keep a clean sheet for a total of 808 match minutes.

16 minutes from the record

In the 28th minute, 16 minutes from the record, during Sunday's match, IFK Gothenburg's Carl Johansson nodded in 1-0 and Eriksson's record hunt was lowered.

Click on the clip to hear Håkan Svensson about how it feels to keep the record.