Tag: edge

How Premier League sides are using set-piece coaches to find edge
7 October 2024 Off

How Premier League sides are using set-piece coaches to find edge

By Total Football News

Yet not every club feels the same. Tottenham, under Ange Postecoglou, do not have a specialist set-piece coach and, since the beginning of last season, Spurs have conceded more set piece goals (excluding penalties) than every Premier League team, except for Nottingham Forest.

At Chelsea Mauricio Pochettino didn’t have a set-piece coach, believing he did not need one, before the Blues hired Cueva with a new set-piece department being set

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Sheffield United 1-0 Derby County: Championship – Blades edge out Rams at Bramall Lane
21 September 2024 Off

Sheffield United 1-0 Derby County: Championship – Blades edge out Rams at Bramall Lane

By Total Football News

Both teams began the match in good form following back-to-back league wins, and it was the visitors who could have opened the scoring after a minute, but Kayden Jackson fired wide when he ought to have done better.

Sheffield United’s Rak-Sakyi then found a yard inside the penalty area, but his effort was wonderfully saved by Rams summer signing Zetterstrom, who managed to deflect a goal-bound shot on to the

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Fulham 0-4 Manchester City: Josko Gvardiol scores twice to edge Blues closer to title
11 May 2024 0

Fulham 0-4 Manchester City: Josko Gvardiol scores twice to edge Blues closer to title

By Total Football News

Arsenal’s capitulation in the crucial stages of last season’s title race meant it was ultimately a pretty comfortable win for Manchester City.

But this time they have been pushed harder by Mikel Arteta’s men, and Guardiola stressed earlier this week that there could be no margin for error in their pursuit of another league trophy.

Against a Fulham side with nothing to play for, coupled with an impressive run of

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