Set-piece problems? Curiously, Liverpool lead the way in the Champions League
“Let us imagine that Liverpool only play Champions League football and we’re analysing one of the most impressive set-piece records in Europe. Their former set-piece coach, Aaron Briggs, still has a job in this universe and is the theme of this article. He’s just told Dominik Szoboszlai to hit the ball under the wall because Marseille set up without a ‘draught excluder’ (the designated player who rather awkwardly lies down behind the barrier formed by his standing team-mates, precisely to stop such shots) and the ensuing goal that sets Liverpool on their way to a 3-0 away win also puts them top of the prestigious ‘set-piece balance’ table. …”
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