Running on empty? Premier League teams falter under weight of endless schedule | Jonathan Wilson
المصدر: The Guardian Sport | Source: The Guardian SportPlayers are not covering the distances of old – they are not being lazy but adapting to demands of an arduous campaign
There is nothing English football admires more than honest endeavour, which is perhaps a consequence of the league’s origins in the industrial cities of the north and Midlands. “He put in a shift.” “She did her job.” “He gave his all.” The language of football is the language of the pit or the factory floor.
All top-level players these days are supremely skilled, but still we demand that they be exhausted by the final whistle, legs leaden with effort, hair soaked with sweat. Which was why it seemed to cause such consternation when Alan Shearer mentioned on Match of the Day last Saturday that Chelsea have run less than their opponents in every Premier League game they have played this season.
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