On this upcoming Friday evening, global attention will turn to the return of the world’s most popular football league, as the English Premier League 2024/2025 season restarts with a match between Manchester United and Fulham.
The English Premier League has now become a significant event attracting a diverse range of people, including fans and viewers seeking enjoyment, as well as analysts and coaches looking to learn about the various aspects of the game.
However, the behind-the-scene preparations must take place before the main event begins.
Therefore, the pre-season period is regarded as the final rehearsal, allowing for the testing of various ideas and ensuring that players become accustomed to and execute them to the best of their ability.
In this Premier League tactical analysis, we will discuss the key new ideas and tactics that some Premier League coaches have attempted to implement in set-pieces during the pre-season.
We will also address the advantages and disadvantages of each tactic, which can be modified to enhance them.
Liverpool FC Set Piece Analysis
Starting with Liverpool, who have advertised for a new set-piece coach, they have shown several interesting tactics during pre-season, which included set-piece tactics.
In the photo below, Man United defend with four zonal defenders in the six-yard, four man markers, a short-option defender and a rebound defender.
Liverpools targeted player is the yellow player who will be free from his marker with the help of his mate, who gives his back to the goal and is ready to block the targeted players marker, which is called a screen, which we will see later.
The targeted area is the area in front of the near post on the edge of the six-yard line, so the green player goes from the blind side to block the zonal defender there while the two orange players go to chase the ball if the cross is weak.
This may also help drag this zonal defender a few steps forward to empty the area for the yellow player.
Here, the screen is clear while the pink player goes to the far post to frame the goal in case the first targeted player flicks the ball or the goalkeeper saves it.
The plan
