00:00Well, I think it's also worth asking about the set pieces because this is something that we've
00:04heard a lot of talk about the way Arsenal have been working on them. You mentioned Theo Walcott's
00:08comments. He was talking about how during the summer he was, you know, along to one of Arsenal's
00:12training camps and saw that set pieces were being worked on specific sort of routines right the way
00:17through the summer, whereas he was saying that in his day under Wenger, it was something that was
00:21only really sort of worked on during the week before a game. It's obviously something they've
00:25really focused on. Arsenal scored more goals from set pieces than any other team in the Premier
00:29League last season. This is another game which has been won because of set pieces. How important
00:34has that become to the way Mikel Arteta sets his team up? And is that making enough of a difference
00:38sort of, you know, really fuel a title challenge going forward, do you think?
00:43Well, Matt, I think the best example of how good Arsenal are at set pieces is that video going
00:50around on social media of the Spurs fan turning away as the corner was taken for Arsenal's winning
00:56goal at the weekend. I've never seen that before. You know, fans are now scared to watch Arsenal
01:01take set pieces because they know how good they are. And I think last season, Arsenal were the
01:06best from set pieces. I think it's called something like 16 goals, most in the league,
01:11dead ball specialists, of course. And I think really, you have to give credit to one man,
01:15and that is Niklas Jover, the set piece coach at Arsenal. He really has a lot of responsibility,
01:23has a really important role, which has kind of evolved since he joined a couple of seasons ago.
01:28I think he's actually got more responsibility as his time has gone on at the club. And
01:34he's so keen now. You see him a lot of the time when Arsenal are taking a set piece,
01:38he's next to Arteta. Sometimes Arteta goes back in his seat in the dugout and Jover is out there
01:44telling the players what to do. And I think this is how not just Arsenal, but football has evolved.
01:49Now we see a lot of set piece coaches in the league. Jover, you've got to give him credit.
01:57He's clearly made a huge impact. And Niklas Arteta said after the game at the weekend
02:03that he is the best in his field. So that's a pretty good praise coming from your boss
02:11when he hears that. And I think it's clear to see. You look at the set pieces that Arsenal
02:17are taking, there's a clear plan behind each one. That Gabriel goal was really superb.
02:23And a lot of people will say it was bad defending from Tottenham, but it was really clever
02:28the way specific players actually kind of moved around and Gabriel got the header in.
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