**Mikel Arteta**opened up about his project of turning **Arsenal**into a set-piece threat.
With the deliveries of Bukayo Saka and **Declan Rice**and the aerial threat of Gabriel Magalhaes, the Gunners have the foundations to be a constant threat from set plays. But the attention to detail to make the most of these situations is something that has come through drilling in ideas over time.
For the manager, this journey began long ago, and his stint at **Man City**contributed to his thinking.
“We’ve done it with work. First of all, creating the culture, giving that part of the game the importance that it has. Understanding that, again, football is evolving and the opponents are behaving against us, we have to maximise certain things that happen very frequently. So something that happens very frequently has a lot of value to us, so trying to maximise that and be effective.
“I think it's something that relates as well to the culture of the coach, the environment, and then the players that you have, and everything has to be aligned. If you want to have a certain approach to the way you play the game, you better sign and educate and train situations when the team can deliver it.
“We have to train and make sure that the things that are good for us happen very, very often because it will be more difficult for the opponent. But, I mean, I think everybody tries to do the same.
“I wasn’t here but ten years ago I said it’s a massive thing to do that, and I started to have a vision and try to implement a method and try to be surrounded by the best people to deliver that.
“I went to City with the best manager in the world. I could see where we could have improvements. It was clear because at some point I was doing that and I wasn’t the best person in the world to do it, so if I’m not the best in the world to do it and the best method to do it, there are ways to improve it.”