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15th August 2016
07:55am BST

Klopp has built his team now and he has them trained and conditioned to what must be some of the highest standards in Europe.
You see, whilst Arsenal were out spending their transfer money on new social media gurus, Liverpool were getting ready for the campaign ahead. Liverpool were running.
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/764868024042135553
My, how it showed. Their stats backed up the performance. Their performance backed up the result.
Mostly though, their stats helped.
During Sunday's 4-3 win over the Gunners, Klopp's side recorded the highest distance run by any Liverpool team in Premier League history. The players covered a distance of 117.6km between them. No 'Pool side has matched that since the inception of camera tracking.And that's just after one game. https://twitter.com/SimonBrundish/status/764874851316367360 https://twitter.com/DanKennett/status/764899956343840768 The old tale goes that Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund team used to target 120km every game. Every game. If they achieved that, it was said that the manager would give them the day off training. But someone in the Liverpool ranks is slacking - they're still 2.4km off that feat. After one match though, that's pretty impressive. After one match, it's pretty scary. Maybe this gegenpress nonsense really does have some substance to it. Listen to The GAA Hour podcast with Colm Parkinson. Subscribe here on iTunes.
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