Front of the queue: Aaron Ramsey is determined to win the title with Arsenal

In last season’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City, an extra-time epic, Aaron Ramsey ran 16.7km. This is thought to be the longest distance ever in a UK match. For good measure, Ramsey then covered 14.4km of turf in the FA Cup final — definitely a record. By a margin, he outran N’Golo Kante.

Ramsey was a schoolboy 800m and cross-country champion and it’s good having stamina; being an Arsenal player must be exhausting. Just two games in, 2017-18 already feels like a “typical Arsenal” campaign. Brilliant football was mixed with horrible vulnerability against Leicester and then one defeat at Stoke has been enough for optimism to yield to hysterical criticism once again.

Today, Ramsey is set for his 300th game for the club, and