James Milner has damaged the Premier League look report in Brighton’s recreation at Brentford’s Gtech Group Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The 40-year-old former England midfielder was named in Fabian Hurzeler’s beginning XI for his 654th Premier League match, beating the report set by Gareth Barry.
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Milner equalled the report within the recreation at Aston Villa, a membership he represented from 2008 to 2010, on Wednesday, 11 February.
Brighton boss Hurzeler advised BBC Match of the Day that Milner is a “function mannequin on and off the pitch”.
Milner made his debut as a 16-year-old for Leeds in 2002 and has additionally performed for Newcastle, Villa, Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool within the prime flight.
Hurzeler added: “There is not any shock why he is the place he’s in the intervening time – as a result of he has such nice self-discipline.
“He has such an ideal effort day-after-day and he’s by no means glad.
“It is an ideal day for him to point out us once more why he’s the record-holder relating to the Premier League video games.”
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Milner has not performed frequently since becoming a member of Brighton in 2023 and solely three of his 16 Premier League appearances have been from the beginning.
of boss Hurzeler’s choice to carry Milner on late in video games this season, the accusation being it’s purely to assist him to the report and to not help the staff.
Final season he featured simply 4 occasions within the league.
Barry, who was Milner’s team-mate at Villa and Metropolis for 134 of their 653 video games, has held the report since September 2017.
Milner, who gained 61 caps for England, gained the Premier League title twice with Manchester Metropolis and as soon as with Liverpool.
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He additionally gained the FA Cup and the League Cup with each golf equipment – plus the Champions League with the Reds.
Milner’s contract runs till the tip of the season.