LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Arne Slott says he can’t find much anymore. premier league Matches with the “new reality” of set-piece goals dominating the competition are fun to watch.
League leaders Arsenal have specialized in efficient set-piece scoring this season, with both goals in Sunday’s game coming from corners. 2-1 win over Chelsea. Liverpool in the slot score 3 points from corner kicks 5-2 victory The game against West Ham the day before.
“Do I like it? My footballing heart doesn’t like it. Most games I watch in the Premier League now are not fun to watch for me,” Slott said on Monday ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool’s game against Wolverhampton on Tuesday.
Slott said set-pieces were one of the reasons the Premier League was “very competitive”, with small teams able to pull off big upsets, but he also pointed out that England’s referees were lax compared to the Dutch league, which Slott coached before joining Liverpool.
Slott claimed that in England, the referee continued to play despite the ball “almost hitting the goalkeeper in the face”.
“Maybe in five or 10 years things will be different again, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you went to any Sunday league football match for the under-16s and saw a team completely focused on set-pieces,” Slott added. “That’s the new reality.”
Liverpool will visit Wolverhampton twice this week, with an FA Cup match scheduled for Friday, before traveling away again to Galatasaray in the Champions League on March 10.
Slott said this is what playmaker Florian Wirtz plans to do. remain He missed both Wolverhampton games with a back injury and was expected to return next week.
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