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Originally Posted by NBC
Manchester City: The science behind the champions
On top of educating players about diet and nutrition and supplementing their consumption before, during and after games, Erith and his team use the latest scientific advances to help prevent injuries.
City were so successful in keeping players fit last season that a table compiled by analysts at PhysioRoom.com - a specialist sports injury website - had City leading the way, with fewer significant injuries and fewer days lost to those injuries than any other Premier League club.
I did not know this about City.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18887653
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Did they take their depth into consideration? Having an interchangeable line-up of superstars and being able to swap them like-for-like probably helps reduce the wear and tear. Using a Wengerism, most of their players do not enter the 'red zone' all too often.