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'He gets a lot of credit' - Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover comes under fire after Gunners concede to Newcastle from free-kick which saw Martin Odegaard marking Alexander Isak

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<p>Arsenal have become known as the set-piece kings thanks to specialist coach Jover but they were <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/arsenal-player-ratings-newcastle-alexander-isak-mikel-arteta/blt1e54845ed89bfcc1#cse0b2854a57b34a0c" target="_blank">undone by one in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg</a> at home to Newcastle on Tuesday. A long free-kick was lofted towards the Gunners' box and the ball eventually fell to Isak, who fired home in the 37th minute. That led Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp to say Jover gets a "lot of credit" for the attacking set pieces but he "obviously doesn't do the defensive ones" after Odegaard tried to mark Isak.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>At half-time, Redknapp said: "The set-piece coach gets a lot of credit - he obviously doesn't do the defensive ones! How you can have Odegaard marking him [Isak]? He's the best centre-forward in the country right now, you have got to detail someone to say, 'Where is he? Let's mark him'. Odegaard has no interest in marking him."</p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"The set-piece coach gets a lot of credit - he obviously doesn't do the defensive ones!" 😬<br><br>Jamie Redknapp was not happy seeing Martin Odegaard up against Alexander Isak for Newcastle's opener 👀 <a href="https://t.co/eHxdLsnmih">pic.twitter.com/eHxdLsnmih</a></p>— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1876735366255743360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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WHAT JAMIE REDKNAPP SAID

<p>Newcastle went on to win the game 2-0 at the Emirates, with Arsenal now facing a mountain to climb to reach the Carabao Cup final. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mikel-arteta-must-win-another-trophy-arsenal-no-better-tottenham/blt44b62ac0636322b7" target="_blank">The club's wait for a trophy</a> looks set to continue unless they can convincingly win the return leg at St James' Park.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Arsenal will head to Newcastle for the second leg of this semi-final on February 5. They next host Manchester United in round three of the FA Cup on Sunday.</p>

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'He gets a lot of credit' - Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover comes under fire after Gunners concede to Newcastle from free-kick which saw Martin Odegaard marking Alexander Isak | Goal.com Kenya

Arsenal set piece coach Nicolas Jover has come under fire after the Gunners conceded from a free-kick against Newcastle United.

&apos;He gets a lot of credit&apos; - Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover comes under fire after Gunners concede to Newcastle from free-kick which saw Martin Odegaard marking Alexander Isak