It is the first corner of the party for Arsenal and the Emirates Stadium explodes. It is a common sight in north London, when his team has A corner kick in favor is celebrated as if it were a penalty. The ‘Gunners’ crowd around the goal, on the goal line, trying to bother Robert Sanchez as much as possible, but when You Maduek prepares to dribble the ball, an unexpected movement occurs.
Malo Gusto, Liam Delap and Jorrel Hato run out of the areaforcing Arsenal to react. Eberechi Eze, Gabriel Martinelli and Martín Zubimendi go out to chase them and the tactic that has given Arsenal so many goals in recent seasons suffers a setback.
A goal scoring machine
In the last year and a half, that is, since the beginning of the 2024-2025 season, Arsenal has scored 53 goals from set piecesthirteen more than any other Premier League team.
Their way of interpreting football has caused controversy, with those accusing them of playing a boring game that bases its success on set piecesbut it has also created praise, because Arsenal is competing for all the titles. Are leaders in the Premier with six points ahead of Manchester Citythey have won every game in the Champions League, they are finalists in the League Cup and are in the fourth round of the FA Cup. It seems a matter of time before this team lift a title again for the first time since 2020 and the set pieces and, especially, the corner kicks have played a fundamental role.
Y Liam Rosenior, Chelsea coachmay have found the antidote for it. Other equipment, such as Monaco and the Aston Villa They have already tried, leaving several players off the hook and not allowing Arsenal, led by the strategist Nicolas Joverput ten footballers in the small area, but Chelsea went one step further.
Mistaken maneuver
The key on the ‘Blues’ scoreboard was the surprise factor. Madueke was already starting the race to hit the ball when Delap, Malo Gusto and Hato ran up. This was the mistaken maneuver that ruined Arsenal’s corner.
There are still aspects to perfect, but the league may have finally found a way to counterr a technique that has been useful to the ‘Gunners’ in recent years and that in the coming months could lead to their first Premier League in more than two decades and in perhaps the long-awaited Premier League.
Who will be the next team to try Rosenior’s antidote?
