Arne Slot makes Arsenal claim ahead of Chelsea clash | Football
Arne Slot believes Arsenal will capitalise on their set-piece strength in their Premier League game against Chelsea on Sunday.
Liverpool have registered their third straight win in the Premier League for the first time since December with a 5-2 victory at home to West Ham on Saturday.
Slot’s side scored their first three goals against West Ham from corner-kick situations with Hugo Ekitike, Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Mac Allister all finding the net.
After his side’s win, Slot pointed out that Liverpool were clearly trailing Arsenal’s superiority in scoring from set-pieces and feels Mikel Arteta’s men will show their dominance against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
‘We created quite a lot of chances from set-pieces in the first part of the season and almost every set-piece we conceded went in, and today you could see exactly the opposite happening,’ Slot said.
‘I think one of their first big chances was a set-piece that would have gone in in the first six or seven months [of the season], 100 per cent sure. But now we did it and we start scoring from set-pieces and then things look much brighter and better than when you don’t, and that’s really pleasing for us, for the team and for our fans as well.
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‘Things went back to normal, mainly, because I just said that we’ve created quite a lot of chances in the first half of the season that constantly did not go in, or too many times did not go in with being unlucky. We were a lot of times very close. And even today we conceded the set-piece, they scored one and they could have scored a second one in the first half – that would have been the first one, but you know what I mean.
Premier League set-piece goals this season
Arsenal: 17
Newcastle: 14
Leeds United, Tottenham, Manchester United, Bournemouth: 13
Chelsea and Liverpool: 12
Aston Villa: 11
Crystal Palace and Fulham: 9
West Ham, Everton, Brentford: 8
Sunderland, Burnley, Brighton: 7
Man City and Nottingham Forest: 6
Wolves: 5
‘Maybe one or two small details have changed defensively and offensively, I think we are set up slightly, slightly different. But the biggest reason is that things go back to normal.
‘There was a period of time that we were 23 goals behind Arsenal in set-pieces, including penalties, by the way. And we’re still not only three goals away from them but we’ve closed the gap a little bit.
‘Although you never know what can happen this weekend with Arsenal because I wouldn’t be surprised if they scored three from set-pieces this weekend as well.’
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Arne Slot makes Arsenal claim ahead of Chelsea clash | Football
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