Stevie Nicol
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You have to bring three to pick up and one spare.
Whatever they have, you need one spare.
It was still a 50-50, but they didn't score from a set piece.
So let's hope other teams have got the courage to do it.
in every single set piece is to take the keeper out of it.
I mean, whether they play to the back post, the near post, the middle, the most important thing for them is to nullify the keeper.
And so when you play with three forwards against an Arsenal set piece, you're nullifying what Arsenal, or the amount of,
When there's such chaos in the box, it's very easy to get away with fouling the goalkeeper, basically, to make it simple.
But when there are less people in the box, there's more space, there's more clarity for the officials, and you can see everything clearly.
And it also gives more space for the goalkeeper
to use the advantage of being able to punch it, or catch it, or whatever it is with his hands.
If you can nullify them stopping the goalkeeper, you're taking a huge percentage away.
Well, they're favourites to win La Liga.
They're favourites to win Copa del Rey.
And they are absolutely serious contenders to win the Champions League.