James Milner is up to his usual tricks again

Liverpool midfield general James Milner has been spotted getting up to his usual tricks again during the novel coronavirus-enforced shutdown.

We’ve already seen Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have a little dance with his girlfriend and Georginio Wijnaldum get the table tennis out and have a hit – but Milner is bringing us the best self-isolation content.

The former Manchester City star has rationed out his tea bags over the next two weeks and now there’s only one thing left for a man of his meticulous nature and surprise free-time: get the lawn sorted.

But clearly using a mower won’t do the trick. That blunt tool of horticultural violence is far too mass market for a man of James Milner’s unique needs. The way the blades mow down each section of lawn far too agricultural.

So Milly has done what any normal human being would do in a time like this. He’s got out his tiny ruler and precision scissors and cut the damn thing by hand.

It’s the sensible way.

COVID-19 has suspended the Premier League for at least two weeks and Liverpool has sent home everyone to carry out self-isolation protocols. That means these finely tuned machines suddenly have a lot of free time on their hands and need to fill the hours in.

They will be keeping some degree of fitness while they’re away, but it will almost certainly take a little bit of time to get back to speed when they are allowed to resume playing duties.

This might be useful for players like Xherdan Shaqiri, who has been struggling with fitness concerns all season, and Takumi Minamino, who could use the extra couple of weeks to integrate and get used to the English lifestyle.

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