COMMENTARY
Many Liverpool fans were left in awe of James Milner after he once again was the last man standing during the club’s gruelling lactate test. The Reds’ official Twitter account shared a behind-the-scenes clip of the final lap of the fitness test, which saw Milner go head-to-head with Joe Gomez, and it was no surprise when the former England international crossed the line ahead of the defender. Milner showing off his fantastic stamina once again, which seems to be a yearly occurrence, had one Liverpool fan dub him a complete machine while another called him an animal who could handle 10 more laps. What more can be said about Milner that the Liverpool fans below don’t say? It’s impressive that the 33-year-old outlasted all of his younger teammates and that he continues to be Jurgen Klopp’s very own Benjamin Button as his performances show no signs of age catching up with him. Milner racked up one Man of the Match award, five goals, four assists and a pass completion rate of 84.6% in the 31 league outings he made in his 2018/19 campaign (Source: Who Scored), and he’ll likely rack up equally as good stats in his upcoming campaign (Source: WhoScored).
Final lap of the gruelling lactate test ???@JamesMilner ? @J_Gomez97
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 6, 2019
Live 4 Liverpool has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
https://twitter.com/Tiima89/status/1147494997962428416
https://twitter.com/lfcginger/status/1147495434375630848
https://twitter.com/Sean_LFC_6TIMES/status/1147482036845862912
Get in there Joe!!!!! Mustve worked really hard to get back to this level of fitness. Milner is a complete machine, made a great decision by retiring from England when he did
— Naya (@Naya23_lfc) July 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/happydobbin44/status/1147482720601329664
https://twitter.com/officialGass/status/1147483241114492934
Milner is a machine but it’s great to see Gomez so fit!
— Kieran (@therealkieran_) July 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/LFCU23sU18s/status/1147482808878862336
