For once, Gabriel Magalhaes did not make the difference for Arsenal by scoring from a set piece. The Brazilian defender who passed through Losc was the decisive passer on a corner for the goal one meter from the line of Viktor Gyökeres (14th). Enough to put the Premier League leader on the right track when traveling to Burnley (north of Manchester) on Saturday afternoon.
The Gunners’ new Swedish striker celebrated his fourth achievement in the PL, but above all he scored the 8th goal from a corner for Arsenal this season. The statistic is completely crazy. Mikel Arteta’s team is the first in the history of the Premier League to score so many goals from corner kicks in their first 10 league matches.
As a reminder, the Arsenal staff counts on the expertise of Nicolas Jover as a set-piece coach. A true “student of the game” (under the influence of the NFL during his studies in Quebec), Jover was a video analyst for French champion Montpellier in 2012! He then began his English career at Brentford before being recruited by Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, under the advice of Arteta. In 2023-2024, Arsenal have scored 16 goals from corners.
Arsenal are ahead
Also with a header, on a cross from Leandro Trossard, Declan Rice made the break for Arsenal against the Clarets (35th). The London team will try to string together a 10th and 11th victory in a row in all competitions against Slavia Prague, in the Champions League, then Sunderland, a promoted team which is the surprise team at the start of the year.
Bournemouth are Arsenal’s runners-up with 7 points ahead before facing Manchester City on Sunday. The Cityzens are 9 points behind the leader. Manchester United failed to seize second place by sharing the points with Nottingham Forest (2-2). The Red Devils opened the scoring with Casemiro (34th) but conceded two goals in quick succession after returning from the locker room (48th and 50th) before a superb equalizer from Amad Diallo (81st).
