Arsenal’s cost to lastly clinch Premier League glory beneath Mikel Arteta has considerably faltered, however one factor that has remained constant is their prowess from the nook flag.
The Gunners are not at all out of the race, however with Liverpool six factors forward with a recreation in hand, there may be some catching as much as do.
A key think about Arteta’s facet staying within the Premier League race has been their nook routines, whipped in completely by Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice every time the chance arises. Now, a former Arsenal goalkeeper has revealed how he’d have set as much as cease them.
David Seaman reveals methods to cease Arsenal’s corners
“The principle issue is the close to put up,” stated David Seaman, showing on his Seaman Says podcast, delivered to you by Betway. “You want a extremely dominant participant on the close to put up who can head something away and probably begin having folks on the put up.”
For that function, Seaman chosen Patrick Vieira — ranked fifth in FourFourTwo‘s listing of the perfect Premier League midfielders of all time — from the facet he performed in, with Tony Adams extra central, attacking the ball, and Martin Keown or Steve Bould marshalling the again put up.
Seaman continued: “It isn’t the free man on the sting of the field that’s doing all of the harm, it’s one header and so they’re scoring with it. So, get folks on the put up and attempt to counter it like that.”
“My positioning can be within the center, though if somebody got here in and marked me, I might take them to the again put up after which time it that when the nook taker is working as much as take the ball, whether or not that’s Saka or Rice, I might transfer into the area the place I wish to be as a result of then it’s extra apparent that the man is making an attempt to foul you.”
Set-piece coaches being within the limelight, dashing to the technical space any time there’s a dead-ball state of affairs, could also be a brand new phenomenon, however the job they’re doing is nicely established.
“With George Graham, we labored on that [set pieces] rather a lot, however not as a lot with Arsene Wenger,” the previous goalkeeper stated. “Below George, he labored on every part — set items, defensive drills. I needed to kick the ball in a sure space. I took each free kick in our half, and I’ve to place it in a sure space as we might then crowd that space.”
In FourFourTwo’s opinion, there could also be methods to cease a few of Arsenal’s corners entering into, as Seaman describes, however the pinpoint supply of Saka and Rice makes it unlikely for any facet to cease all of them.
Even by barren spells in entrance of objective in open play, the Gunners have an virtually surefire path to discovering the again of the web. Each crew now is aware of precisely what they’re going to do, they’re simply powerless to stop it.
