{"id":103,"date":"2026-02-21T11:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=103"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:05:08","slug":"chelseas-incredible-antidote-to-arsenals-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea’s ‘incredible’ antidote to Arsenal’s corners"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It is the first corner<\/strong> of the party for Arsenal<\/strong> 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<\/strong>. The ‘Gunners’ crowd around the goal, on the goal line, trying to bother Robert Sanchez<\/strong> as much as possible, but when You Maduek<\/strong> prepares to dribble the ball, an unexpected movement occurs.<\/p>\n

Malo Gusto, Liam Delap and Jorrel Hato run out of the area<\/strong>forcing Arsenal to react. Eberechi Eze, Gabriel Martinelli and Mart\u00edn Zubimendi go out to chase them<\/strong> and the tactic that has given Arsenal so many goals in recent seasons suffers a setback.<\/p>\n

A goal scoring machine<\/h2>\n

In the last year and a half, that is, since the beginning of the 2024-2025 season, Arsenal has scored 53 goals from set pieces<\/strong>thirteen more than any other Premier League team.<\/p>\n

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Their way of interpreting football has caused controversy, with those accusing them of playing a boring game that bases its success on set pieces<\/strong>but it has also created praise, because Arsenal is competing for all the titles. Are leaders in the Premier with six points ahead of Manchester City<\/strong>they 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<\/strong> and the set pieces and, especially, the corner kicks have played a fundamental role.<\/p>\n

Y Liam Rosenior, Chelsea coach<\/strong>may have found the antidote for it. Other equipment, such as Monaco<\/strong> and the Aston Villa<\/strong> They have already tried, leaving several players off the hook and not allowing Arsenal, led by the strategist Nicolas Jover<\/strong>put ten footballers in the small area, but Chelsea went one step further.<\/p>\n

Mistaken maneuver<\/h2>\n

The key on the ‘Blues’ scoreboard was the surprise factor. Madueke was already starting the race to hit the ball<\/strong> when Delap, Malo Gusto and Hato ran up. This was the mistaken maneuver that ruined Arsenal’s corner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are still aspects to perfect, but the league may have finally found a way to counter<\/strong>r 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<\/strong> in more than two decades and in perhaps the long-awaited Premier League.<\/p>\n

Who will be the next team to try Rosenior’s antidote?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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