Lazy Man United? Red Devils have covered less ground than ANY OTHER Premier League team this season

It goes from bad to worse for Jose Mourinho's men

"I say, chaps - would you mind awfully running around a little bit?"

To say Jose Mourinho is having a pretty bad week would be an understatement.

Defeats to Man City, Feyenoord and Watford. A growing anger among Man United supporters at Wayne Rooney's inclusion in the starting XI. Pep Guardiola taking a not-so-subtle dig at his "long ball" tactics.

The (no longer all that) Special One could do with some good news. Unfortunately for him, the table you can see below is only going to make matters worse.

Why? Because incredibly, when it comes to the simple act of running around, we can reveal Man United are ROCK BOTTOM of the Premier League.

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Oh dear, Jose

The table shows the total distance each Premier League team has covered so far this season, in kilometres.

The three teams at the top of the list will come as no surprise. Liverpool (582km), Man City (571km) and Tottenham (566km) are known for their pressing styles, so you would expect them to cover a lot of ground.

REUTERS Tottenham's Dele Alli vies with Liverpool's Adam Lallana
Liverpool and Spurs: they do a LOT of running

But take a look at the other end of the table, and you might get a bit of a shock.

Check out the side down in twentieth position. Bottom. Dead last.

Incredibly, Jose Mourinho's men have only run a grand total of 526.6km so far this season.

That is a full 55km less than Jurgen Klopp's boys from Anfield, and 45km less than Pep Guardiola's troops at the Etihad.

Sure that will do down well with the Old Trafford faithful…

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