{"id":298432,"date":"2023-11-06T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298432"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:25:09","slug":"gary-neville-slams-arsenal-set-piece-coach-nicolas-jover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/gary-neville-slams-arsenal-set-piece-coach-nicolas-jover\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville slams Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gary Neville slams Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover for &#8216;screaming like crazy&#8217; at Leandro Trossard during Newcastle defeat&#8230; after Mikel Arteta&#8217;s lieutenant was involved in handshake row with Kyle Walker last month<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Neville criticised Jover for acting &#8216;like he was the manager&#8217; in Newcastle defeat\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sky Sports pundit said set-piece coach was &#8216;putting more pressure&#8217; on Trossard\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s new Arsenal WhatsApp channel for all the breaking news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Neville has criticised Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover for &#8216;screaming like crazy&#8217; at Leandro Trossard and acting &#8216;like he was the manager&#8217; during their defeat at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season following a highly controversial Anthony Gordon goal which was allowed to stand following a triple VAR check for the ball going out of play, a foul and an offside.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta described the decision as &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; and &#8216;a disgrace&#8217; afterwards but Sky Sports pundit Neville was incensed by Jover&#8217;s behaviour on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Jover, 42, made headlines a month ago when Kyle Walker snubbed his offer of a handshake following Manchester City&#8217;s 1-0 defeat at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>This led to a confrontation between Walker and Jover, who formerly worked at City, which escalated into a bust-up between players and coaching staff on both sides.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/77456221-12715605-image-m-63_1699274846660.jpg\" height=\"504\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville has criticised Arsenal&#8217;s set-piece coach Nicolas Jover (right, with manager Mikel Arteta) for his touchline antics during Saturday&#8217;s defeat to Newcastle United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/77456217-12715605-image-a-64_1699274884524.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neville criticised Jover for &#8216;screaming like crazy&#8217; at Arsenal&#8217;s set-piece taker Leandro Trossard<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/77456215-12715605-image-a-69_1699274931992.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trossard reacts at the final whistle after the Gunners lost their first league game of the season<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>As Arsenal chased a late equaliser, Neville felt Jover was putting too much pressure on Trossard, who was on their set-pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The former England and Manchester United defender told his Sky Sports podcast: &#8216;It was driving me crazy. The set-piece coach down here, he was doing my head in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was screaming on like crazy like he was the manager. I&#8217;m not sure that helps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s screaming on at Trossard who was taking the set-pieces\u2026 sit down, he knows what to do, you&#8217;ve gone through it in the week, it&#8217;s up on the board in the dressing room before the game, and you&#8217;ve told him three, four times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To me it felt like he was putting more pressure on Trossard taking the corners, which, to be fair, Trossard didn&#8217;t handle because his corners were appalling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were real chances, in a game that&#8217;s so tight, set-pieces, no one needs to tell Mikel Arteta or any of the coaches in this league, they&#8217;re the vital moments, Arsenal are good on corners, they&#8217;ve got a good record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The delivery has got to be good, if the delivery isn&#8217;t good it all falls over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I just felt as though he was being screamed at down this near side by the set-piece coach and, to be fair, he was probably putting pressure on him unnecessarily.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/77457193-12715605-image-a-70_1699274995266.jpg\" height=\"468\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Gordon scored a hugely controversial winner for Newcastle &#8211; with VAR&#8217;s assistance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/77411385-12715605-Officials_had_to_assess_three_separate_incidents_before_the_deci-a-71_1699275021119.jpg\" height=\"992\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Officials had to assess three separate incidents before the decision to award Gordon&#8217;s goal\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/77406117-12715605-Players_and_fans_were_made_to_wait_four_minutes_while_a_decision-a-72_1699275028557.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Players and fans were made to wait four minutes while a decision was made on the goal<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you go to take a set-piece or a dead ball you&#8217;ve want to be relaxed, it&#8217;s not easy taking a corner, I mean people might say it&#8217;s the easiest thing in the world, honestly, it&#8217;s not easy to take a corner, if you&#8217;re good at them it looks really easy, but honestly as a right-back I couldn&#8217;t have taken corners and I could cross a ball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But to actually get it into the right areas all the time with precision, that&#8217;s not an easy thing to do. So actually making sure the players are relaxed before they take them is an important thing, and I don&#8217;t think that helps.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Berlin-born Jover worked as Pep Guardiola&#8217;s set-piece coach at City between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He worked alongside Arteta for his first few months there before the Spaniard left to take the Arsenal job and was persuaded to move to the Emirates in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Jover has established a reputation for set-piece innovation &#8211; during his two years with City, the club created 104 chances from set plays in Premier League action, leading to 16 goals.<\/p>\n<p>He also improved City&#8217;s record of defending opposition set-pieces, helping them reduce the percentage of goals conceded from such situation from 39 per cent in 2018-19 to just 20 per cent the following season and 19 per cent the season after.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/76325841-12715605-Arsenal_s_win_over_Manchester_City_on_Sunday_saw_a_furious_tunne-a-73_1699275067088.jpg\" height=\"374\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jover was involved in a bust-up with Manchester City&#8217;s Kyle Walker over an apparent snubbed handshake during their meeting at the Emirates last month\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/76325847-12715605-Jover_right_worked_under_Pep_Guardiola_as_part_of_City_s_backroo-a-74_1699275099286.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jover (right) worked under Pep Guardiola as part of City&#8217;s backroom team between 2019-2021<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/12\/76325845-12715605-But_Jover_then_moved_to_work_for_Mikel_Arteta_Guardiola_s_former-a-75_1699275101868.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But Jover then moved to work for Mikel Arteta, Guardiola&#8217;s former No 2, at Arsenal in 2021<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s set-piece effectiveness showed a similar improvement once Jover was installed at the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, they were unable to force a late goal at St James&#8217; Park on Saturday night after Gordon scored for Newcastle in controversial circumstances.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta described the decision as &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; and a &#8216;disgrace&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We lost the match because of the clear and obvious decisions,&#8217; he continued. &#8216;You cannot imagine the amount of messages I got saying this cannot continue. I am wasting my time, we are wasting our time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Things escalated further when Arsenal released an official statement backing Arteta and complaining about &#8216;unacceptable refereeing and VAR errors&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>They added: &#8216;PGMOL urgently needs to address the standard of officiating and focus on action which moves us all on from retrospective analysis, attempted explanation and apologies.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners did acknowledge the efforts of referees&#8217; chief Howard Webb to raise standards but still feel the &#8216;best league in the world&#8217; is still falling short.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12715605\/Gary-Neville-slams-Arsenal-set-piece-coach-Nicolas-Jover-screaming-like-crazy-Leandro-Trossard-Newcastle-defeat-Mikel-Artetas-lieutenant-involved-handshake-row-Kyle-Walker-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Neville slams Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover for &#8216;screaming like crazy&#8217; 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