The Premier League title race is now being decided in small moments. Goals from corners. Pressure from throw-ins. Chaos in the box.
That is where matches are being won this season. Arsenal know this. They sit top of the table by six points and are chasing their first league title in 22 years. Every edge matters.
This season has also seen a return of long throws. Goals from throw-ins are rising again. Teams now treat them like corners.
Arsenal already score more set-piece goals than anyone else in the league. They have 14 this season. Yet they are not stopping there. They want more control. They want more pressure. They want more chaos in the final third.
From a Liverpool point of view, this feels familiar. Anfield faithfuls have seen how these small details can change a title race.
Under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool looked for gains everywhere. Throw-ins were once ignored. Then they became weapons. Now Arsenal are trying to do the same.
According to The Times, the man they have turned to is Thomas Gronnemark. He is the world’s leading throw-in coach.
He once held the world record for the longest throw-in at 51.33 metres. Arsenal have brought him in as a consultant to help them weaponise throw-ins and gain more from set pieces.
Gronnemark is no stranger to Liverpool and would be willing to return if the club called for him. Klopp brought him into the club in 2018 after seeing an article about him. Gronnemark recalled, “I was totally in shock when Jürgen called me. I was visiting a chocolate shop with my family; I saw the +44 and thought it was an English guy trying to sell me pens.”
He added, “My heart was just pounding … I took the call on my way home in the car, where I drove directly into a grass field when he called.”
Gronnemark spent five years at Liverpool. In his first season, the club went from 18th to first in the league for possession from throw-ins.
Liverpool won the Champions League and then the Premier League. Klopp later said, “He changed our throw-in game completely.”
Gronnemark has always believed in his work. He said, “Improving throw-ins has a high impact, because you have 40-60 of them in ever match. It’s easy to improve throw-ins … with the right training.”
For Liverpool fans, it is strange to see Arsenal now want to use the same man who helped them win it all.
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