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'When you're in the public eye, you know your responsibility': Troy Deeney insists Premier League stars 'know better' than to break strict Covid-19 lockdown rules after Spurs stars and Benjamin Mendy flouted restrictions over Christmas and New Year

Watford captain Troy Deeney has criticised players who broke coronavirus restrictions over Christmas and New Year.

A number of players from several Premier League clubs were pictured at gatherings that contravened the strict rules put in place to try to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Deeney told talkSPORT: 'When it doesn't affect you, if you haven't had anyone suffer with Covid, you start going, 'How much longer do I have to live like this?' Especially as players, you feel superhuman, like nothing will get me. And you do take it for granted.