'I've seen Liverpool and Chelsea suffer - this is my solution to tactical problem'

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The long throw is back in fashion in the Premier League and a former top-flight defender has shared a valuable piece of coaching advice that could help sides deal with themJoleon Lescott has a solution to deal with long throws. Some teams struggle to deal with these balls into the box but ex-Manchester City centre-back Lescott may have a solution.He recalled a tactical tidbit from his time at Everton under David Moyes, when Stoke's Delap would be so effective throwing the ball into the box from the touchline.Speaking on In The Mixer, brought to you by Sky Bet, Lescott said: "David Moyes had a great solution for dealing with long throw-ins to be fair.READ MORE: Arne Slot sent Liverpool warning after two transfer calls and 'concerning' commentsREAD MORE: Football's lawmakers ponder handing MORE power to VAR despite continued controversy"When Delap was playing in the league and I was at Everton we didn't mark traditionally.

He'd be ranging it up and you couldn't just load the front half of the goal."Because most long throw-ins, it would be going in front of the goal, but he was going, 'No, we're going into the middle of the five-yard box.' It was mad."Liverpool manager Slot even admitted after his side's defeat to Brentford that they trained specifically to deal with long throws, but simply could not nullify them."I think they took the game with long throw-ins, set-pieces and other moments where they were just really good," said Slot. "It's the only thing we did yesterday on the training pitch, preparing for that [long throws]."You can listen to brand new episodes of In The Mixer on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.

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