Cherry Juice Cements Place as Premier League Recovery Staple

Cherry juice, which Liverpool's Florian Wirtz was seen drinking from the bench during the club's opening-day draw with Newcastle, has become a widespread recovery tool in the Premier League.

• During Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Newcastle, Wirtz drank a bottle of cherry juice after being substituted; Newcastle's Sean Storr also uses it.
• Gino Verhouten, CEO of Amax, said his company developed a cherry juice gummy with football clubs this year after players reported spending nights in the bathroom from post-match fluid intake.
• Julie Hardell, a nutritionist, said cherry juice matters most for fast recovery between competitions and less during training-adaptation periods.
• Use of cherry juice in sport began in endurance disciplines such as cycling's Tour de France, following a 2010 Northumbria University study, before spreading to football clubs.