Kai Havertz ya yabi yadda ƙwarewa ta Arsenal a set pieces ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka jagoranci cin gasa ta Premier League a kakar da ta gabata — taken na farko a gasar ƙasa da ƙasa na kulob ɗin tun 2004.
Arsenal ta riga Manchester City gaba don kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru ashirin na nasara a ƙwallon ƙafa na koli, kuma Havertz ya yi imani cewa ƙwarewansu akan dead-ball situations ita ce jigon wannan nasara.
Dabara ta ƙirƙirar tarihi akan set pieces
A cewar The Athletic, Arsenal ta zura ƙwallaye mafi yawa daga set pieces — ban da penalties — fiye da kowane ƙungiya a gasar, tana ƙirƙirar sabon tarihi na Premier League da ƙwallaye 18 zuwa 19 daga corners kaɗai.
Waɗannan ƙwallaye sun wakilci kusan kashi 35 cikin ɗari ko fiye na jimlar abin da Arsenal ta samar, kuma da yawa daga cikinsu sun sa ƙungiyar ta yi gaba ko kuma suka kasance masu yanke hukunci a wasannin da suka yi ƙusantar juna.
Ba ƙarami ba ne kuma tarihin tsaron Arsenal akan set pieces — sun kasance daga ƙungiyoyin da suka ci ƙwallaye kaɗan a gasar, wanda ya sa dead-ball situations zama makami a bangarori biyu na filin wasa.
Ra'ayin Havertz
A hirar da JioHotstar, Havertz ya bayyana yadda falsafar set pieces ta shiga cikin horar da Arsenal na kullum.
"Set pieces sun zama babban sashi na wasan mu. Muna mu'amala da su kamar penalties; kowane lokaci da muka samu ɗaya, muna jin za mu iya ci. Muna aiki kansu ba tare da gajiya ba a horo, kuma hakan yana bayyana a wasanni. Mun ci ƙwallaye da yawa daga set pieces a kakar da ta gabata, kuma shi ne babban dalilin da muka ɗaga gasar ta Premier League,"
in ji shi.
Fiye da set pieces
Wasu masu sukar sun yi wa Arsenal lakabi da "Set Piece FC", suna cewa dogaro kan hakan ya sa wasan su ya zama ƙarami a wasanni na buɗewa. Duk da haka, ƙididdigar ta musanta wannan sukar: set pieces sun ƙirƙiri damammakin da suke da ƙima sosai, sun canza yanayin wasanni a goyon bayansu, kuma sun haɗu da tsaro mai ƙarfi da daidaito a kan ƙungiyoyin ƙarshen tebur. Arsenal ma ta nuna gudummawa ta muhimmanci a wasanni na buɗewa da zurfin ƙungiya wanda ya sa ta kasance mai gasar gasar duka.
