Mikel Arteta upset that Arsenal do not score more goals from corners

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Mikel Arteta says he is upset that Arsenal do not score more goals from corners.The debate on whether set-pieces are ruining modern football has been raging this week, with Liverpool boss Arne Slot revealing on Monday that he no longer enjoys watching some Premier League matches.Arsenal are the corner kings this season with 16 goals coming from them, including both in Sunday’s win over Chelsea.But despite criticism about the Gunners’ tactics from some quarters – pundit Chris Sutton claimed Arsenal will be the “ugliest” Premier League title winners should they go on to clinch it – Arteta was unapologetic.“I’m upset that we don’t score more, and that we concede as well,” he said.

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00:07I certainly want to be. I'm upset that we don't score more and that we concede as well.

00:12So we want to be the best and the most dominant team in every aspect of the game and that's

00:17the trajectory and the aim of this team and as a club we want to be the same so I

00:21do that.

00:22The game is evolving and the game is becoming more and more difficult. Before when you used

00:27to do a game plan and you just invert a full-back and bring an extra player in midfield, now

00:32teams are adapting, teams know after every sequence of play, whether it's a throw, a restart

00:37of play, an open-page situation, after direct play, exactly what they have to do and everything

00:42is almost man-to-man. So it's going to be a different game unless we change the rules because

00:47the evolution of the game is that.

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