LONDON (AP) — Newly put in Chelsea coach Liam Rosenior rejected the notion that Arsenal was “taking the sport again in time” by focusing closely on set performs below Mikel Arteta.
“I don’t know who’s calling them ‘Set Piece FC’ – I’m undoubtedly not,” Rosenior stated Monday, two days out from the groups’ first-leg assembly within the English League Cup semifinals at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal leads the Premier League by six factors, additionally tops the Champions League after six victories from six within the league section, and is exhibiting few weaknesses in its bid for a primary trophy since successful the FA Cup in 2020 on the finish of Arteta’s first season in cost.
Set items is an space Arteta has labored onerous on mastering and Arsenal is among the many most harmful groups in England on this aspect of the sport, particularly now Brazil heart again Gabriel Magalhaes is again match.
“Arsenal are good at every part,” Rosenior stated. “They’re a great staff. It’s not about taking the sport again in time. You handle your 1% to be nearly as good a staff to win as many alternative methods as doable.”
“They’re a staff who’re excellent with out the ball,” added Rosenior, who was employed final week as a alternative for the departed Enzo Maresca. “They’ve a very, actually clear concept in the way in which they need to play with the ball. And on high of that, they’re very, very properly organized with good supply on set performs. That’s what you need to be if you wish to achieve success.”
Rosenior’s first match in cost was a 5-1 win over second-tier Charlton Athletic within the third spherical of the FA Cup on Saturday.
He omitted England internationals Cole Palmer and Reece James as a result of their health is “being managed,” Rosenior stated, and so they may return in opposition to Arsenal.
The second leg can be at Arsenal on Feb. 3.
Newcastle vs. Manchester Metropolis is the opposite semifinal matchup. The primary leg is at Newcastle on Tuesday.
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