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Set-piece geniuses or Wayne Rooney copycats? Man Utd legend & current Plymouth boss makes Arsenal goal claim

<p>No side can <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/arsenal-major-premier-league-rule-change-mikel-arteta-gunners-man-city/blte36033b4395176a4" target="_blank">match the Gunners when it comes to dead-ball output</a> since the beginning of last season, with Mikel Arteta’s side finding the target from 23 set-pieces – including 16 corners. They have found a way of terrorising opposition defences in an important area of the game. </p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Rooney, though, has suggested that Arteta and his coaching team have been taking inspiration from the blueprint that he put in place when calling the shots at Derby – with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/erling-haaland-man-city-hitman-retrospective-punishment-launching-ball-gabriel-magalhae-draw-arsenal-explained/blte3e254323c5ba021" target="_blank">Gabriel’s recent effort against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium</a> bearing a striking resemblance to a goal that the Rams scored under Rooney’s stewardship against Middlesbrough back in February 2021. </p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>United icon Rooney, who is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/booted-bottle-at-fan-tried-an-arsene-wenger-man-utd-legend-wayne-rooney-explains-red-card-drama-plymouth-boss/blt2f4439355e409aa8" target="_blank">now in charge of Championship side Plymouth</a>, has told <em>The Overlap</em> podcast from <a href="https://m.skybet.com/football" target="_blank">Sky Bet</a>: “Set pieces are so important, the amount of matches won or lost by them is huge. One of the coaches does it then I come in with some weird ideas. The Arsenal one they scored with, I did that four years ago against Middlesbrough and we scored from it.” </p>

WHAT ROONEY SAID

<p>Arsenal scored against City when lining up a cluster of players at the far post, before seeing them flood the six-yard box and allow Gabriel to storm in from the penalty spot. While Rooney can see similarities to his approach, the Gunners have been reaping the rewards of adding set-piece coach Nicolas Jover to their backroom team. </p>

WHAT NEXT?

Set-piece geniuses or Wayne Rooney copycats? Man Utd legend & current Plymouth boss makes Arsenal goal claim | Goal.com

Arsenal have become the Premier League kings of set-piece goals, but Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney claims they are copying his methods.

Set-piece geniuses or Wayne Rooney copycats? Man Utd legend &amp; current Plymouth boss makes Arsenal goal claim