Arsenal's set piece coach, Nicolas Jover with manager Mikel Artetaplaceholder image
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Arsenal vs Brighton in the Carabao Cup from the Emirates Stadium - Wednesday, 7.45pm
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzler insists his players will be ready to face Arsenal’s set-piece threat when they go head to head in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
The Gunners have impressed with their set-piece tactics this season, especially from corners, as they sit top of the Premier League and with a 100 per cent record in Europe.
Hurzeler knows his players must stand up to whatever comes their way at the end at the Emirates Stadium.
“When we look at Arsenal they are one of the first teams in the league who had like a set-piece coach and they have worked now on these topics for several months for over a year,” the Brighton boss told a press conference.
“You see now the results of all this work, so I think it’s getting more important these set-pieces in the Premier League, so we have to be ready.”
Hurzler added: “When you look at how many Premier League coaches hired set-piece coaches then I think it is just like the natural progress that it is getting more and more important.
“I think it is a big trend. I don’t know how long it will be this trend, when the Premier League teams are able to adapt to the set-pieces from different teams, but at the moment it is a big part, so you have to trust and have to adapt.”
Brighton will be without veteran midfielder James Milner because of a minor muscular injury, while Kaoru Mitoma, Brajan Gruda, Jack Hinshelwood and Joel Veltman all continue their own recoveries.
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