We've scored the most goals from set peices in the league this season 😂
Yeah mate I did find that a bit unusual but that statistic doesn’t necessarily mean we are good at corners.
First of all you’ve got to consider that we likely have far more corners per game than any other team, meaning our conversion rate would not likely be anywhere near the top. I have no evidence or stats to back that up but would be very surprised if there is more than 2 teams with more corners per game than us. That’s the first point.
Second point is that not all set piece goals are corners and some of ours have come indirectly from free kicks. The one that springs to mind is Shaq’s free kick that cracked the bar and fell to Salah for a tap in. That would likely be counted as a set piece goal rather than open play. I’m not sure how many we have actually scored direct from corners.
On the subject of contentious ‘set piece’ goals I also remember Gini’s header against Spurs when Lloris makes a meal of it and Wijnaldum scores with a looping header. Another ‘set piece’ goal that has not come from a quality corner. In fact that corner was actually poor in that instance. There’s every chance we have a few of these anomalies. That’s the third point.
All I know is what my eyes tell me and that is our corners are very poor. Salah in particular rarely even beats the first man. We scored a few direct from corners earlier in the season, Sturridge in the first game of the season against West Ham and I recall Matip and Firmino both scoring headers. It has however got progressively worse. I don’t see it as a major concern but you do have to wonder why a team with the quality we have cannot hit a decent corner.
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