Tottenham's set-piece problems have become an issue this season but recent history suggests Ange Postecoglou handles that problem.
Spurs' Achilles heel this season has often been conceding goals from set-pieces. The north London side have conceded 12 goals from set-pieces this season — the joint-sixth worst tally in the Premier League with Manchester United — and that total does not include own goals, such as Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's from an Arsenal corner on Sunday. The total for goals conceded around set pieces has been put at 14.
Postecoglou has been asked about the team's set-piece woes on a number of occasions this season and football.londonasked the Australian on Sunday afternoon whether with two more conceded during the North London Derby it had now become more of a worrying trend over the course of the campaign.
«No because it's understanding where you are as a football team. If I thought fixing defensive set pieces was the answer to us bridging the gap then I'd put all of my time and effort into that, but that's not where we're at,» said the 58-year-old. «For us it's about, when I was focused on the details of, not just set pieces but a lot of moments in games where we don't sense that you give good opposition the time and the space to do things then they're going to hurt you.
»I think they maybe had four attempts on goal in the first half and they conceded three. I don't think it's about one part of it, I think it's a bigger, broader picture than that, but our defensive set pieces for those two were very poor. But there's a lot more than that to fix."
Postecoglou playing down the set-piece pattern over the season — or at least saying other issues were more important — worried a number of supporters in the aftermath
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