Arsenal's Granit Xhaka was the marathon man on the opening weekend of the Premier League season
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Arsenal fans have only just about recovered from the remarkable events at the Emirates on Friday night, but Granit Xhaka would have more reason than most to have not got his breath back yet.
The Swiss midfielder was in imperious form in the middle of the park as the Gunners somehow came back to beat Leicester City 4-3 , grabbing assists for both Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud's goals in the final seven minutes.
And it wasn't just the assists chart he's currently topping right now (albeit alongside Christian Eriksen and Henrikh Mkhitaryan), but another one too.
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Because as it stands right now, no-one in the division has covered more ground than Xhaka, who ran an incredible 7.6 miles during the game as Arsenal fought their way back into it.
And despite there being nine Premier League games which followed Arsenal's clash over the weekend, no player was able to outrun Xhaka's fine effort.
(Image: David Price)
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Southampton's goalless draw with Swansea was the least mobile of the matches, with no player clocking seven or more miles over the course of the 90 minutes.
Some 27 players did manage to do that in their games though, and here they are:
Players who covered the most ground on the opening weekend of the Premier League season (miles)
Can the Granit of the Gunners keep it up?