However, the defensive aspect of corners is equally important. The recent threat of attacking corners in the Premier League ...

A corner kick is awarded when the whole of the ball passes over the goal line, on the ground or in the air, having last touched a player of the defending team, and a goal is not scored. A goal may be ...

Corner kicks and free kicks are an essential part ... open-play attacking (obviously the youngest sibling) and open-play defending (clearly the oldest sibling) get the attention.

The only caveat would be that their set-piece defending still left much to be desired, as the Sounders racked up multiple chances that they only barely failed to take from corner kicks and dead balls.

On defending against Declan Rice's free kicks: "The second one was particularly difficult to defend but, of course, you could avoid giving the free-kick away. For the first one, I hope our wall ...