Premier League 2021-22

[John Coltrane]

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Arsenal have not conceded from a corner in the Premier League all season – so how do they do it?

By Art de Roché Mar 22, 2022 55

Seconds away from their fifth consecutive away league win, Arsenal had a free kick to deal with just outside their box. Set-piece coach Nicolas Jover raced out of the technical area and down the touchline to bark instructions to the players (below).

If there was a moment to signify the importance of set-pieces to Arsenal’s season, it was this.

“Anybody can help with anything from my staff — just do it. If it’s throwing a bottle of water, cleaning somebody’s shoes or giving an instruction, they are free to do it,” manager Mikel Arteta joked post-match.

“They (set pieces) are a big part of the game, in the Premier League especially. You can see the top teams score a lot of goals from set pieces, but then they score another one or two (from open play) and nobody talks about it, but they’ve made a difference there. 

“You see in the Champions League it’s happening. You have to dominate every part of the game. Football is becoming quicker and more complicated. Everyone is really good and have a good knowledge and we have to find advantages where we can.”

Jover arrived in pre-season from Manchester City, replacing Andreas Georgson, who returned to former club Malmo as their sporting director, and has overseen major improvement at both offensive and defensive set-pieces.

Much of the focus has been on attacking situations, with Arsenal third behind Liverpool (15) and Manchester City (13) for non-penalty set-piece goals in the Premier League this season on 11, according to WhoScored, compared to joint 17th (six scored) in the last one under Georgson. And, heading into the March internationals, they remain the only team in the division not to concede from a corner, having faced 132 of them, according to FBref.com, in their 28 matches so far.

So, how have they managed that?

Some themes that have defined their season when defending corners were present within weeks of Jover’s arrival.

They had already decided on which players would be manning certain zones, and how they would set up, in pre-season. Patterns were clear in the August games against Chelsea and Tottenham, with the ploy of Alexandre Lacazette standing in the near-post area supported by Benjamin White continuing on throughout the season — albeit changing to Takehiro Tomiyasu and White at times.

Although players have set areas to place themselves before a defensive set piece, Arsenal are not solely a man-marking or zonal-marking team, mixing things up throughout the season.

Watford, Burnley and West Ham United have fairly assertive approaches to corners, so they received the man-marking treatment (both home and away for Watford and Burnley).

There will always be a few players tending to a zone, but having multiple players following runners in these situations help.

In this example from December, West Ham have five players making runs before corner-taker Jarrod Bowen has begun his approach to the ball.

Two of the five dart towards the near post, where Tomiyasu and White are already stationed. If the ball drops there, Arsenal have four players to deal with it, so the corner has to be played deeper.

Aaron Ramsdale is dealing with Michail Antonio, but has Gabriel ahead of him to drop into the six-yard box and help. Bowen’s delivery on this occasion is right on top of the Arsenal goalkeeper, and he deals with it under pressure before White completes the clearance.

But against teams who are less creative at set-pieces, Gabriel usually has no issue making first contact with corners that reach the centre of the six-yard box. Away to Leicester City in October, he did so on three consecutive corners.

In this example from that game, you can see those picking up a zone are in their places. Tomiyasu is at the front post with White supporting him in case the ball drops there. Four players are man-marking, leaving Gabriel and Nuno Tavares to keep an eye on Ademola Lookman centrally.

The ball flies over the players at the near post and Gabriel deals with the danger before colleague Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang clears.

No system is perfect, however. Issues can sometimes crop when man-marking.

Against Burnley, Martin Odegaard was watching Ben Mee closely. The centre-back darted across a crowded area, Odegaard got stuck in traffic and Mee was able to get a shot away. It was not game-changing but just a minor moment that shows where man-marking can be undone.

“Every game plan is different in relation to what the opponent does and what we expect, and then fitting what we want to do in terms of the quantity of personnel we have on the day,” Arteta said, when asked what determines whether Arsenal man-mark or go zonal.

The quantity of personnel is particularly important when Arsenal are marking zonally.

In the pre-season game against Chelsea, there were almost three recognisable groups of players inside the box. One: the man in the front post zone, two: three players standing across the edge of the six-yard box and three: five players clumped together near the penalty spot.

It appears this set-up is designed to combat teams who group their attacking players together before they make their runs into the box.

Arsenal actually got this slightly wrong early on against Liverpool last week before rectifying it shortly after.

That defensive 1-3-5 group is clearly visible inside the box. This time, Lacazette is nearer the ball than White, with Gabriel is in his usual central position. The five red shirts in the first defensive line need to pick their men accordingly.

But Thomas Partey reacts late on this occasion, which results in a free header for Virgil van Dijk.

Ramsdale responds well to parry the ball away for another corner and immediately there is a difference to how Arsenal deal with it.

The general set-up is the same as moments earlier, but Partey has stepped forward out of the line of five to try to make sure he reaches Van Dijk (No 4 at the rear of the knot of Liverpool attackers) this time.

Trent Alexander-Arnold delivers this corner into a more congested area nearer goal — where the quantity of personnel benefits Arsenal — and Granit Xhaka heads away, but in this next grab we can see Partey is picking up Van Dijk.

As Arsenal have begun to dominate matches to a greater extent as the season has progressed, contextualising their efficiency when defending corners is important.

Heading into the Aston Villa match at the weekend, they were conceding a shot on just 14 per cent of their defensive corners. That was the fifth-best rate in the league behind Manchester City, Southampton, Chelsea and Brighton, and is an improvement on their previous records.

Last season they conceded just four goals from corners, still a respectable number, and a shot on 17 per cent of defensive corners. In 2019-20, they conceded nine times from corners and a shot from 16 per cent of them.

Villa manager Steven Gerrard had noted Arsenal’s improvement at set pieces ahead of the game.

They conceded from three corners in their first two games of pre-season, two of those coming at Ibrox against a Rangers side then managed by Gerrard. That recognition was just as present post-match on Saturday.

“What you can see clearly is Mikel and the coaching staff have taken big strides with Arsenal. That’s the way they play in terms of their style,” Gerrard said.

“I’m not sure what the guy’s name is (Jover) but they’ve hired someone to help and support in that area and they’ve definitely improved. We conceded a poor set play from our point of view and we haven’t scored a set play for some time. We’ve put some quality deliveries in there, so maybe we need to improve in that area and take those strides.”

Jover doesn’t always sprint down the touchline to bark instructions, but most who follow Arsenal will see him in Arteta’s ear whenever there is a set-piece situation. He’s often part of the celebrations when the attacking ones come to fruition — as was the case when Calum Chambers scored from a corner seconds after coming on against Leeds United in October.

This season, not only are Arsenal capitalising from attacking situations far more often, but tightening up defensively has been extremely beneficial, especially considering how small the margins become in low-scoring games such as the Villa win on Saturday, or in the bigger picture of the top-four race.

It is no surprise, as Arteta that mentioned top teams (Liverpool and Manchester City) are taking advantage of set pieces more than others in the Premier League — they matter.

That’s why Jover’s enthusiasm is clear — and is also part of the reason for Arsenal’s success so far this season.

 

[Mindaugas Žukauskas]

 

[Bandito]

Njukasl će se ozbiljno pojačati sledeće sezone, po svemu sudeći.

 

The goalkeepers mentioned include Arsenal’s Bernd Leno, West Bromwich Albion's Sam Johnstone, Manchester United's Dean Henderson and Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga, although the latter is seen as a loan option.

RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol, the 20-year-old Croatian, will have no shortage of suitors but is expected to be part of discussions this week, as will Bournemouth’s Lloyd Kelly.

Midfielders under consideration are said to include Brighton’s Yves Bissouma and Leeds star Kalvin Phillips, with wingers Brennan Johnson, of Nottingham Forest, and Bayer Leverkusen’s Moussa Diaby also on the list.

In attack, meanwhile, Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Benfica’s Darwin Nunez, Leverkusen’s Patrik Schick and Alexander Isak of Real Sociedad are among the targets.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10665443/Dan-Ashworth-wait-NOVEMBER-taking-Newcastles-sporting-director.html

Edited March 31, 2022 by Bandito

[renne]

Pet izmena od sledeće sezone.

[Svarog]

14 hours ago, renne said:

Pet izmena od sledeće sezone.

 

ovo će tek da mi sjebe fantasy koncepciju. svi će da mi imaju po 1 poen :(

[Weenie Pooh]

1 hour ago, Svarog said:

 

ovo će tek da mi sjebe fantasy koncepciju. svi će da mi imaju po 1 poen :(

 

Možda promene pravila, pa se dodatni poen ne bude dobijao ako izdržiš 60, nego 46 minuta?

[cartman]

tako je bilo u onom post-covid delu 19/20 sezone

[John Coltrane]

6 hours ago, Svarog said:

 

ovo će tek da mi sjebe fantasy koncepciju. svi će da mi imaju po 1 poen :(

 

Vreme za odjavljivanje...

[marez]

Povratak u realnost posle ove reprezentativne pauze. 

 

A i falio je fudbal na ostrvu, a verujem da će do samog kraja ili bar se nadam da ce biti neizvesno. 

 

 

[radnik]

Glup penal za 2-0

[WTID]

Ovako i OFK moze da uzme EPL... Bez Terze.

[Mindaugas Žukauskas]

Trapavo dosta od Kučke, čak mi ne deluje kao faul za penal, ali je Kuca toliko loše prodao ovo da je iz svih uglova izgledalo kao faul

[radnik]

[MiddleClass]

@Weenie Pooh

 

Da vidis gol Radnickog protiv Zvezde "iz ofsajda". Lovren style 

 

 

[Milošica]

Eriksen