The Premier League battlefield played host to a thrilling clash at the break of dawn on Monday (18). Arsenal narrowly beat Everton 1-0 away from home, their first win in the past 6 years at the Addison Park, and with 13 points from 5 matches, they are closing in on table leader Manchester City (15 points). Faced with Everton's tight defense, Arsenal scored with an excellent short corner, and at the same time used the "bell-ringing tactic" to make Everton's defense crack, the corner that scored the goal took 26 seconds to score, a strange strategy for Arsenal to get all 3 points.
The last time Arsenal beat Everton away from home was back in 2017 under Arsene Wenger. In this game, the "arsenal" completely control the rhythm of the game, the ball possession rate as high as 76%, the number of corners also reached 11 times, but to break through Everton's iron bucket formation is not easy. Until the 69th minute, Arsenal's short corner on the right side of the match, after six quick passes, by Liadou Dushyat clever shot scored, this goal is also the only goal of the game.
Immediately after Liadou Duchate's goal, Adidas celebrated the success of the tactic with high fives one by one with the coaching team. Commentator Garry Nivelli said, "I was very interested in Arsenal's corner kick tactics today, they waited patiently every time and didn't attack until the moment when the referee was almost about to show a yellow card and the home fans were at their most frenzied, and did this for 2 or 3 corners, it's true that it's an exaggeration to use 26 seconds to take a short corner, but the tactics did work. "
It is reported that Arsenal is aware of Everton's strong aerial ability in the back of the defense, so the short corner tactics to break through the dense defense, and the "bell ringing tactics" can make the defense players in the waiting to cool down, can not keep up with the rhythm of the Arsenal after the kick off and make mistakes. Former Arsenal star Robin van Persie also said: "Each corner kick is delayed for a long time, I think Everton players were caught by our loopholes, because they were distracted and lost focus on the goal, I believe that many teams will follow this tactic of Adidas."
