Why Man Utd can't score from corners as Ralf Rangnick calls set-piece failures "weird"

Last summer, Manchester United brought in Eric Ramsey to be their new set-piece and individual development coach to work under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

This was a celebrated move at the time, with set-piece efficiency noticeably growing in importance and focus for many top sides across the Premier League in recent years.

Pep Guardiola for example hired respected set-piece specialist Nicolas Jover in 2019 and he’s played a key role in City’s success from dead-balls in recent campaigns.

So much so that Mikel Arteta worked hard last summer to prize him away and bring him to Emirates ahead of this season.

Strikingly, with Jover on board, Arsenal have already scored more Premier League goals from corners this season (six) than they managed across the whole of the last campaign (three).

Ramsey’s impact has been less significant at Old Trafford, though, with United still yet to have scored a Premier League goal directly from a corner so far this campaign.

When questioned about it earlier this week, United manager Ralf Rangnick branded the situation “A little bit weird".

"In the end, this is a question of training time, but is also a question of deliveries," he stated. "We have players who should be technically able to deliver the balls in the right way.

We still need to improve in those areas, be more dangerous and effective from set-pieces. It's a question of training but it's also a question of quality of deliveries - even more so when it's free-kicks from the side or corner kicks."

In terms of corners, there’s actually only five Premier League sides who have averaged more than United this season (5.13 per 90).

This should in effect mean that they’re generating more shooting opportunities than a large portion of their