‘Teams are adapting, teams know exactly what they’ve to do’published at 14:53 GMT
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Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal manager Mikel Arteta on whether criticism of the club’s set-piece tactics is because everyone is trying to play catch-up: “I don’t know. As an opponent you get upset when you concede a goal. I was really upset by the way we conceded the goal against Chelsea and Chelsea looked really good with the quality they have, look at the amount of set-pieces they score. Manchester United, the same.
“When I was at Manchester City we used to work a lot on them, so it’s something.
“There are phases when one team has an opportunity to do certain things. The game is evolving and becoming more and more difficult.
“Before, when you used to do a game plan and you would invert a full-back or bring an extra player into midfield or a false nine, 4v3 inside, 2v1 inside, everyone behind the ball.
“Teams are adapting, teams know after every sequence of play, whether it is a throw-in, a restart of play, an open-pitch situation, after that they know exactly what they have to do and everything is almost man to man.
“So it is not going to be a different game, unless we change the rules, because the evolution of the game is that.”
