Liverpool’s corners: ‘Sugar huddles’, more inswingers – and room for improvement
“It has been hard to find fault with Liverpool’s performances this season. Six points clear at the top of the Premier League and making serene progress in the cups, this has been a dream start to the Arne Slot era. There is, however, one metric where the Dutchman may find room for improvement: corners. Liverpool are the top flight’s leading scorers this season with 40 but, according to Opta, only two have come from corners — a steep decline from the Jurgen Klopp era, when they would regularly lead that particular metric. Their set-piece struggles were underlined against Leicester on Boxing Day when Liverpool won eight corners in the first half but failed to create a chance from any of them. …”
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