James Milner, calm yourself.
It’s fair to say that he can do it on a midweek night at the Britannia anyway. His secret? Run. And then run some more.
The Manchester City player broke a Premier League record for this season last night with his all-action industrious display. You’d nearly think his side weren’t cruising to victory over Stoke with the amount of running he went through.
Milner racked up an assist, he scored a crucial second half goal, and he ran an outrageous 13.56km throughout his superb 90 minutes – more than any other player has managed this year in the league.
13.56 – At Stoke James Milner scored one, assisted another & recorded the highest distance figure in the PL this season (13.56km). Machine.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 11, 2015
Burnley’s George Boyd previously held the record for the 2014/15 campaign when he ran 13.55km in a game, ahead of Swansea’s Tom Carroll who is now in third with his clocking of 13.47km.
It isn’t the first time Milner has been at this craic though. Against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, his stats were equally as impressive.
James Milner ran 7.3 miles, recorded the most sprints (63), and had the highest average speed (4.6mph) of any player for Manchester City
— DaG (@Wrighty_8) February 2, 2015
7.3 miles work out at 11.7km, half a kilometer more than the average distance covered for a midfield soccer player. Milner’s recording last night, over two kilometers more than the average, shows you just where he’s at.
Mark Noble proved the league’s marathon man last year, running the furthest throughout all the games – hitting 380.93km in total. The West Ham midfielder played in every Premier League game last year so averaged over 10km in each game.
