From Michael Budgen:
Not enough time last week to reply to some interesting mails, but Rhys’s mail about player use got me thinking who plays the most, so I completely arbitrarily settled on 1500 mins, but that’s about 16 ½ games out of 21
Number of players at top 5 clubs who have over 1500 mins so far:
Chelsea 8
Liverpool 7
City 4
Spurs 3
Arsenal 2
Will this mean Chelsea / Liverpool hit a ‘wall’ post -Xmas ? Who knows?
But interesting that Mane was removed last Thursday instead of Wijnaldum.
Myles says:
That wasn’t one of Mane’s best games.
It’s not just minutes on the pitch, it’s how far each player has run, maybe how far he has sprinted.
On the night I was annoyed and disappointed.
But most people thought it was an exciting game.
I thought the teams were scared of each other. Guardiola was afraid that if Liverpool scored first they might crank up the tempo and kill them. He wanted it to be 0-0 at half-time.
Equally, Klopp was afraid of being opened up by City’s quick triangles and one-twos, so he chose a workmanlike midfield of Milner-Henderson-Wijnaldum. I thought he should have brought Fabinho and Shakiri on sooner.
It’s history now: Man City beat Liverpool 2-1.
So it was Champions 2 League leaders 1.
Klopp’s lead was cut from seven points to four.
Tonight’s Wolves-Liverpool game is an interesting FA Cup Third Round match on BBC1.
Wolves like to sit deep and counter-attack and love to score late goals.
http://arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/wp/why-lacazette-will-be-arsenals-key-player-through-february-and-beyond/