As a part of the game, set piece is crucial to any football team. Putting extra effort on this sometimes can make the difference between winning and losing. Arsenal is often caught napping when defending set-piece. Arsenal’s main game plan is not set-piece, so the lack of chances created or converted from attacking set-piece is natural. Surprisingly, Arsenal is also poor in term of defending set-piece. In short, set –piece is not their strong point. This does not raise an eyebrow if they are often exploited from set-piece by their opponent. So far this season, Arsenal have conceded 5 goals (3 corners and 2 free kicks) and only scored 2 goals from set-piece (1 free kick and 1 throw-in).
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