{"id":44639,"date":"2026-03-04T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44639"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:29:36","slug":"arteta-fires-set-piece-warning-ahead-of-brighton-clash-not-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/premier-league\/arteta-fires-set-piece-warning-ahead-of-brighton-clash-not-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta fires set-piece warning ahead of Brighton clash: \u201cNot Enough\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"408\">Ahead of tonight\u2019s Premier League showdown against Brighton, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mikel Arteta<\/span><\/span> has delivered a blunt assessment of his side\u2019s recent performances, demanding sharper execution from dead-ball situations as <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Arsenal<\/span><\/span> aim to reassert their dominance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"735\">Speaking in comments shared by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/span>, Arteta admitted frustration over Arsenal\u2019s inability to fully capitalise on set-pieces, while also pointing to lapses in concentration that allowed goals in recent matches, including the one conceded against <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chelsea<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"948\">\u201cI\u2019m upset that we don\u2019t score more from set-pieces and that we concede as well,\u201d Arteta said. \u201cWe want to be the best and the most dominant team in every aspect of the game. Football changes, we must be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"950\" data-end=\"1346\">Those words feel like a clear message to his players ahead of a tricky test against <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Brighton & Hove Albion<\/span><\/span>, a side known for their tactical discipline and ability to punish small mistakes. With the title race tightening, Arsenal cannot afford inefficiency in decisive moments, especially from corners and free-kicks, which have become a major weapon for top teams this season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1686\">Arteta\u2019s comments suggest potential tactical tweaks tonight, with added focus on aerial presence and defensive organisation during dead-ball situations. The Spaniard is expected to push for a fast, aggressive start, aiming to overwhelm Brighton early and avoid the kind of nervy finish that has cost Arsenal points in previous encounters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of tonight\u2019s Premier League showdown against Brighton, Mikel Arteta has delivered a blunt assessment of his side\u2019s recent performances,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":44640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[270,1862,3686,3918,1823,3796,4887,702,218,4888],"class_list":["post-44639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal","tag-brighton","tag-david-ornstein","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-free-kick","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-premier-league","tag-set-pieces"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44641,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44639\/revisions\/44641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}