Chelsea Adopt Match Of The Day Tactic To Stop Arsenal Set-piece Threat

How do you extremity Arsenal causing chaos from set-pieces?

It's nan mobility everyone keeps asking - but fewer find an answer.

The Gunners are Europe's starring unit successful scoring from set-plays complete nan past mates of seasons and, it has been specified an formidable tactic, for galore it has proved intolerable to prevent.

Step guardant Liam Rosenior and Chelsea, who tried an innovative measurement of stopping them successful their Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg necktie connected Tuesday nighttime - conscionable days aft erstwhile Manchester City and Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given had suggested akin connected Match of nan Day.

While it wasn't capable to extremity nan Gunners securing a 1-0 win - and 4-2 aggregate occurrence - to book their spot successful nan EFL Cup final, it mightiness astatine slightest person fixed rivals immoderate nutrient for thought.

Just arsenic Arsenal were astir to whip successful their 2 corners, Chelsea sent 3 players sprinting from defence to onslaught - forcing nan hosts to quickly respond and nonstop players backmost themselves.

Monaco and Crystal Palace person besides near players up against Arsenal's set-pieces earlier - but nary squad has attempted specified a precocious effort astatine forcing Mikel Arteta's men backmost towards their ain half.

Perhaps they had been listening to Given connected Match of nan Day connected Saturday night.

After watching Arsenal people from 2 set-pieces successful their 4-0 thrashing of Leeds, he said: "I wish personification would effort thing different.

"Take thing distant from Arsenal, but I spot nan aforesaid set-up each week - Arsenal players loaded astatine nan backmost and causing carnage. Every set-up is nan same.

"Someone tin effort thing different to extremity this superb shape of attack. What tin teams do different to create much space? If they time off 3 up, Arsenal person to time off astatine slightest three, possibly 4 players back.

"Then, successful nan defending box, that leaves a batch much abstraction for nan defenders and nan goalkeeper. Yes, it leaves much abstraction for nan forwards arsenic well, but each those numbers caused truthful overmuch confusion."

Since nan commencement of past season, Arteta's men person scored 53 goals from set-pieces crossed each competitions - 13 much than anyone other successful nan Premier League.

And Chelsea's maneuver - while not capable to unafraid them a spot successful nan EFL Cup last - astatine slightest stopped Arsenal from scoring from a set-play.

Ex-Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp was little impressed though.

He told Sky Sports: "I for illustration nan plan, but my problem is Enzo Fernandez was near marking Gabriel and he has 10 yards to onslaught nan ball.

"Chelsea are trying to negate location being excessively overmuch postulation successful nan area, which Arsenal effort to origin chaos with. They evidently person a scheme but if Arsenal person nan correct delivery, Enzo Fernandez has nary chance."

Will different teams travel suit?