"You have to accept that it's mainly here in the Premier League. If I watch other leagues, I don't think there's so much emphasis on set pieces. That's sometimes funny for me to do if I watch an Eredivisie game - which I still do - [in which] goals are disallowed because fouls on goalkeepers are given."
"My football heart doesn't like it. If you ask me about football, I think about the Barcelona team from 10, 15 years ago. Every Sunday evening you were hoping they would play. Now, most of the games I see in the Premier League are not for me a joy to watch."
"After the games on March 1, Opta statistics showed that 27.5% of goals in the 2025/26 top flight had come from set pieces. That is a rise of almost 7% on last season and the highest by at least 3.6% of any campaign in the last 10 years."
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has expressed concern about the Premier League's increasing reliance on set pieces, describing it as a "new reality" that makes the league "not a joy" to watch. Statistics reveal that 27.5% of goals in the 2025/26 season came from set pieces, representing a 7% increase from the previous season and the highest proportion in at least a decade. Slot attributes this trend to teams becoming "so much stronger" at set-piece execution and does not expect the pattern to reverse soon. He contrasts this with other leagues, particularly the Eredivisie in his native Netherlands, where stricter refereeing standards around goalkeeper contact result in fewer set-piece opportunities. Slot emphasizes that this tactical shift conflicts with his vision of pure football.
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