Manchester City Sends Nine Names, but Anthony Gordon Is Fastest in the Champions League

Anthony Gordon recorded as the fastest player still appearing in League Champion this season. The latest data released by the CIES Football Observatory, sourced from performance analyst Gradient, shows the Newcastle winger reached a speed of 37.92 kilometers per hour, the highest among the participants in Europe’s elite competition.

In total there are 29 players Premier League who is on the list of the 100 fastest players in the Champions League. But the top two positions are occupied by players Newcastle United.

Anthony Elanga is right behind Gordon with a record of 36.65 kilometers per hour. Harvey Barnes also not far off at 35.48 kilometers per hour. Speed ​​is one of the playing identities of Eddie Howe’s team, especially when launching counter-attacks.

Apart from the three names on the front line, two Newcastle midfielders are also on the list. Sandro Tonali recorded 33.24 kilometers per hour, while Joe Willock touched 32.36 kilometers per hour.

Manchester City Has Nine Representatives

Even though Newcastle placed the top two players, Manchester City is the English club with the most representatives on this list. There are nine City players in the top 100.

Defender Abdukodir Khusanov recorded 35.80 kilometers per hour, slightly faster than Micky van de Ven from Tottenham who recorded 35.11 kilometers per hour. This record makes Khusanov the fastest central defender in the Champions League this season.

Another name from City on the list is If Guard with 33.25 kilometers per hour, Nico O’Reilly 35.91, Rayan Ait Nouri 34.49, Matheus Nunes 34.01, Tijani Reijnders 32.93, Savinho 33.80, Erling Haaland 34.87, and Omar Marmoush 33.06.

Van de Ven himself previously set the highest speed record in Premier League history when facing Brentford last year with 37.38 kilometers per hour. From the Tottenham camp, Djed Spence is also on the list with 34.58 kilometers per hour.

In the Spurs midfield, Archie Gray recorded 34.82 kilometers per hour, Lucas Bergvall 33.64, Rodrigo Bentancur 32.61, and Joao Palhinha 32.21. Meanwhile Wilson Odobert with 34.41 and Randal Kolo Muani 33.60 are also in the top 100.

Arsenal and Liverpool

In contrast to Newcastle and City, Armory has only two players in the 100 fastest list. Viktor Gyokeres recorded 33.26 kilometers per hour, meanwhile Gabriel Martinelli recorded 34.68. Martinelli’s speed even surpassed Vinicius Junior from Real Madrid who was at 33.68, and Pedro Neto from Chelsea with 33.85.

Liverpool has more representatives than Arsenal. Hugo Ekitike became the fastest player in Arne Slot’s squad with 34.91 kilometers per hour. Ibrahima Konate recorded 34.54, Jeremie Frimpong 34.62, and Ryan Gravenberch 32.15.

Domination of PSG and Other Names in the Top 10

In the list of the 10 fastest in the Champions League, two Paris Saint-Germain players enter with prominent records. Achraf Hakimi recorded 36.40 kilometers per hour, while Nuno Mendes was at 36.12.

Club Brugge’s Carlos Forbs posted 35.93 kilometers per hour, slightly ahead of Qarabag’s Emmanuel Addai with 35.87. From Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappe recorded 35.67 and Federico Valverde 35.53.

Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford, who is on loan from Manchester United, is the fastest player at Barcelona with 35.37 kilometers per hour. He was ahead of Eric Garcia who recorded 34.09 and Jules Kounde with 33.77.

This data shows how the speed aspect is an important element in the Champions League this season. English clubs, particularly Newcastle and Manchester City, place many players on that elite list, with Gordon leading the way as the quickest so far.

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