Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim hailed Arsenal as one of the best set-piece teams he has ever faced following the 2-0 defeat at Arsenal.The Gunners took two points out of Liverpool’s lead at the summit of the Premier League after Jurrien Timber and William Saliba struck in the second half – both from corners – to condemn Amorim to his first defeat as United boss.The hosts’ second-half strikes took their goals-from-corners tally to 22 since the start of last season – a statistic that is unmatched by any other team in the division.Asked if Arsenal are one of the best teams he has come up against on corners, Amorim replied: “If you follow the Premier League for a long time you can see that.“They are also big players and you see every occasion when (Gabriel) Martinelli and (Bukayo) Saka have one-on-ones, a lot of times they go outside and they cross, and they know that if the cross goes well, they can score, and if it is a corner they can score, too, so we have to be better on that.“You have seen in all Arsenal games that every team have had problems with that (corners). And the difference today was the set-pieces.
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00:00So it's all over here at the Emirates and a big win for Arsenal, once again, relying on that prowess from Set Pieces.
00:07We've spoken about it so much, haven't we, in Vic D'Anzetta's time at Arsenal, but what a valuable skill, commodity, ability that is for Arsenal.
00:15We're in these tight games because that first half of the evening, not giving credit to Man United, they made this a really awkward game.
00:20They worked very hard off the ball and Arsenal just had that ability to use a Set Piece to unlock the game.
00:26They carried a threat from All Nighter that looked so dangerous, and even without Gabriel, United really struggled to deal with Arsenal.
00:32The first one, a great ball to the near post, Timba heading home.
00:35The second one, I'm not sure Saliba really knows that much about it, but that probably sums up the chaos that Arsenal create from those situations.
00:41So much going on, the ball ends up in the back of the net.
00:44And it is a big result for Arsenal because it now closes that gap on Liverpool to seven points, and this period was always going to be key for Arsenal.
00:51With the fixtures coming thick and fast, could they put a run together?
00:53That's four wins on the spin now, and that blip they had earlier on this season really does look like a thing of the past.