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The Gunners scored twice from dead-balls in Sunday’s North London derby triumph over Tottenham Hotspur, seeing the table-topping Premier League side add to their goals from such situations.
Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday to record back-to-back away wins at the enemy’s home for the first time since 1988.
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19:08 - 29.04.2024
4 Things Arteta Did Against Tottenham That Show Arsenal Are Ready for Premier League Title Glory
Arsenal are in pole position for the Premier League title and Mikel Arteta is the main reason why
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23:28 - 28.04.2024
Arsenal will not drop points — Guardiola says what Man City must do to win Premier League
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes Arsenal will win their remaining Premier League games.
Mikel Arteta’s men beat a Spurs side managed by Antonio Conte in January 2023 and defeated Ange Postecoglou’s men 3-2 in gameweek 35, having raced into a 3-0 first-half lead.
More goals from set pieces for Arsenal
The away side scored after 15 minutes in their latest win at Spurs, with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg inadvertently heading the ball into the wrong end from a Bukayo Saka corner.
Saka doubled Arsenal's lead just before the half-hour after latching onto Kai Havertz's ball over the Sours defence, and it was the German who made it three after rising higher in the Tottenham box to connect to a Declan Rice corner in the 38th minute.
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Both set-piece strikes were not surprising for a side that have netted a glut of goals from dead-balls in 2023-24, with a significant increase coming since the turn of the year.
While there were several moving parts during Arsenal corners, Ben White was a striking nuisance, as the right-back prevented Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario from rushing out to claim the ball.
Nevertheless, Nicolas Jover is credited with the undoubted increase in the Gunners’ menace from those situations. According to Sky Sports, 11% of Arsenal's goals came from set-pieces before Jover’s 2021 arrival. In his first campaign, that number rose to 26%, and there has been an increase this year.
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How many times have Arsenal scored from set-pieces this season?
Excluding penalties, Arsenal have netted 22 times from dead-balls in 2023-24, outdoing every Premier League side with Everton (18) second and Manchester City (16) third.
Arteta’s men have netted 16 times from corners, a league-high since Tony Pulis’s West Bromwich side did likewise in the 2016-17 campaign.
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08:48 - 30.04.2024
They won't win those games — Emmanuel Adebayor predicts Premier League winners
Former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has made a bold prediction on the destination of the Premier League title.
What comes next for Arsenal?
Despite playing a game more, Arsenal sit one place and a point ahead of Pep Guardiola's City side, keen to claim their first Premier League title since 2003-04.
The Gunners are not in action until Saturday when they host Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium before playing Manchester United and Everton in their concluding league fixtures.
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