Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola and Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp have blasted the Premier League over its decision to revert from five to three substitutes.
Following the COVID-19 lockdown, five substitutes were allowed after football resumed to deal with hectic schedules.
However, other leagues continued with the format, the English Football Association chose to return to three substitutes, despite FIFA’s approval to keep the initial change in place until August 2021.
The Premier League argued that clubs with bigger squads would be favoured by the rule.
With Klopp, he feels the Premier League showed a “lack of leadership” with the decision.
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Jugen Klopp said,
“None of the top seven clubs asked for any advantage. We just knew, because we knew our schedule, that it would be incredibly difficult.
To have the best games at the weekend in the Premier League, it would have helped that as well. I think we should think about it again.”
Pep Guardiola at the other hand echoed Klopp’s thoughts, saying there has been “47 per cent more muscular injuries” this year compared to the same stage of the campaign in 2019-20.
Guardiola said,
“The statistics speak for themselves. The players are not recovering from the previous game, even the previous season. It makes no sense.
“Who voted for the decisions? Who are they? They have to protect the players. They have to decide. The law is acceptable for FIFA, UEFA.”
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