"Set pieces have started to be an important part of strategy. It was different when I started as a manager [in 2008]. When I was a young boy in Spain we said the people in England celebrate corners and free-kicks like a goal I remember perfectly so nothing has changed in that way. It is true Arsenal dictate a little bit how they [every team] do it and it is important."
"Four years ago, in the NBA, the three-shot point was not involved as much but the Golden State Warriors with Stephen Curry [started] to make three points more and more and everyone adapted, now so many teams do it. It is part of the evolution and part of the dynamics. You can sit and complain but you have to adapt."
"I know the game is stopped with set pieces, it is not dynamic but it is part of the game. You have to adapt and especially adapt in the way it is whistled [refereed] and conducted in the Premier League. Every country has a specific way to do it and every club have specific ways to play."
Pep Guardiola addressed the growing role of set pieces in Premier League football, rejecting complaints about their prevalence. Manchester City scores only 9 of 57 Premier League goals from set pieces (15.8%), the lowest rate, while Arsenal leads with 24 goals from dead balls (41.3% of their total). Guardiola compared the evolution to basketball's three-point revolution, where Golden State Warriors' success with Stephen Curry prompted league-wide adaptation. He argues set pieces have always been important in English football and represent natural game evolution. While acknowledging Liverpool manager Arne Slot's concerns about reduced dynamism, Guardiola maintains teams must adapt to modern tactical demands and refereeing standards rather than resist change.
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