Brighton supervisor Fabian Hurzeler has known as for stricter guidelines round set-pieces and criticised upcoming opponents Arsenal for time-wasting.
Hurzeler, whose facet host the Premier League leaders on Wednesday, claimed the Gunners typically wait “over one minute” to take their corners in matches.
Arsenal’s prowess at set-pieces continues to gas their title cost, with Sunday’s victory over Chelsea the ninth time the Gunners have scored a match-winning aim from a nook this season.
However they’ve additionally been on the forefront of latest discussions round grappling and blocking at set-pieces, with Everton boss David Moyes figuring out Mikel Arteta’s facet because the trailblazers for the usage of “darkish arts”.
Requested why he believes Arsenal’s strategy to set-pieces has acquired the extent of consideration that it has, Hurzeler mentioned: “There are not any clear guidelines anymore [around] how a lot time you may spend taking a nook or a throw-in.
“A few of the methods groups are blocking, there isn’t any actual rule. Generally the referee whistles and it is a foul, typically it is not a foul or they do not whistle.
“[We need] a transparent rule on how a lot time you may take for a nook, a free-kick, as a result of nobody recognises it. When Arsenal have a nook and they’re main, typically they spend over one minute simply to take a nook.”
The statistics present that, on common, no Premier League membership takes longer to restart from corners than Arsenal.
