‘It’s like a basketball game sometimes’: Newcastle United’s Anthony Gordon’s brutal take on modern Premier League football style | Football News
Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon said that nowadays the Premier League is much more physical, comparing it to a game of basketball rather than football. The English player also said that in the Champions League, the game is more football-based where teams come and play ‘proper football.’ “I think in the Champions League teams are much more open. They all try and play, it’s less transitional. I think, in the Premier League, it’s become more physical than I’ve ever known it to be. It’s like a basketball game sometimes; it’s so relentless physically,” Gordon said ahead of Newcastle’s Champions League match vs Paris Saint Germain. “There is not much control, it’s a running game, and sometimes it’s about duels: who wins the duels, wins the game. The Champions League is a bit more of an older style of game, it’s a bit more football-based. Teams come and try to play proper football. In the Premier League now, you have seen a lot more long throw-ins, set-pieces. It’s become a lot slower and a lot more …

