Arne Slot makes Arsenal claim ahead of Chelsea clash

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Arne Slot says Liverpool are far behind Arsenal in their set-piece dominance (Liverpool) Arne Slot believes Arsenal will capitalise on their set-piece strength in their Premier League game against Chelsea on Sunday. After his side’s win, Slot pointed out that Liverpool were clearly trailing Arsenal’s superiority in scoring from set-pieces and feels Mikel Arteta’s men will show their dominance against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon. ‘We created quite a lot of chances from set-pieces in the first part of the season and almost every set-piece we conceded went in, and today you could see exactly the opposite happening,’ Slot said.

Virgil van Dijk score Liverpool’s second goal from a corner in their 5-2 win against West Ham (Getty) ‘I think one of their first big chances was a set-piece that would have gone in in the first six or seven months [of the season], 100 per cent sure. And even today we conceded the set-piece, they scored one and they could have scored a second one in the first half – that would have been the first one, but you know what I mean.

Premier League set-piece goals this season Arsenal: 17Newcastle: 14Leeds United, Tottenham, Manchester United, Bournemouth: 13Chelsea and Liverpool: 12Aston Villa: 11Crystal Palace and Fulham: 9West Ham, Everton, Brentford: 8Sunderland, Burnley, Brighton: 7Man City and Nottingham Forest: 6Wolves: 5 ‘Maybe one or two small details have changed defensively and offensively, I think we are set up slightly, slightly different. And we’re still not only three goals away from them but we’ve closed the gap a little bit. ‘Although you never know what can happen this weekend with Arsenal because I wouldn’t be surprised if they scored three from set-pieces this weekend as well.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page.