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Manchester City signed a set-piece specialist in the summer of 2019 named Nicholas Gover, who moved to after two years with Mikel Arteta, after moving to coach Arsenal.
Gianni Feu is also working with Tottenham to improve players’ performance in fixed balls, and Newcastle has contracted 4 coaching staff for the same matter. According to The Athletic.
Brentford was one of the first clubs to adopt the idea of set-piece specialists, and Christian Norgaard, through the corner kick technique, scored a goal against Fulham (match August 20, 2023), and Ibrahima Konate scored a self-goal against Liverpool (January 2) thanks to the execution of the kick. Good corner from Brentford players.
As for Arsenal, it was one of the clubs that was good at using players outside the opponent’s penalty area during the implementation of the corner kick. In a match against Aston Villa on February 18, Zinchenko scored the equalizing goal from a corner, which was implemented to reach him outside the penalty area.
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The time that Eddie Howe spent as coach of Bournemouth in the English Premier League witnessed the implementation of several corners in a clever way with the help of his coaching staff, and he became more creative in Newcastle now, and after Callum Wilson’s goal, Newcastle player against Aston Villa, “Howe” said: “Jason Tindall, Simon Weatherston and Graeme Jones and Stephen Birches deserve credit for their innovative corner-taking, it’s something we’re always proud of and put a lot of work into.” According to The Athletic.
Daniel Bodence’s goal against Everton in the December 26 (Boxing Day) match was one of the best goals scored from a corner.
The bright side in the current season for Tottenham improved their performance in set pieces, which was successfully implemented several times, relying on Harry Kane, who is always in the far corner of the “second post”.
Tottenham scored the same goal 3 times this season, against Chelsea, Newcastle and Wolverhampton.
Fulham scored this season in the English Premier League 26.3% of its goals from corner kicks, and their player Tosin Adarbiyoyo’s goal against Nottingham Forest (September 16) expressed their way of making space for the player who headed deep between the players of the two teams.
Bruno Guimarães scored a goal for Newcastle against Brentford (October 8), through the “short” corner kick that was successful with them before the start of the World Cup matches. “Howe” said about the goal against Brentford: “Everything depends on the element of surprise, we believe in that “.
Two weeks before Guimarães’ goal, Brentford were exposed to the same short corner for players outside the penalty area from Aston Villa in a match (October 23).
Returning to Arsenal, the club that leads in winning the highest number of goals scored from corners in one Premier League season (13 goals last season). As for the current season, a corner scored by Gabriel Martinelli against Crystal Palace (5 August) was one of the best goals.