{"id":364752,"date":"2026-01-11T17:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/364752\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:04:05","slug":"thomas-gronnemark-arsenal-hire-ex-liverpool-throw-in-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/364752\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Gronnemark: Arsenal hire ex-Liverpool throw-in coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> have started working with throw-in coach Thomas Gronnemark as the Premier League leaders look to increase their threat from set-pieces.<\/p>\n

The Gunners have scored 14 goals from set-pieces in the top flight this season, more than any other side, but have yet to score from a chance created through a throw-in. <\/p>\n

It is understood that Gronnemark will be working with the Gunners on a part-time basis.<\/p>\n

The Dane previously worked under Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool<\/a> between 2018 and 2023, and also did consultancy work at Brentford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No Premier League team has scored more than the Bees (nine) from a throw-in situation since the start of last season, while Arsenal<\/a> are one of only five to be without a single goal from throw-ins in that same period.<\/p>\n

Declan Rice has become Arsenal<\/a>‘s designated long-throw taker this season, with club’s making ever-greater use of the opportunity to launch lengthy throws into the opposition’s penalty area.<\/p>\n

Last season, 20 goals were scored through throw-in routines, while 25 have already been scored during the current campaign.<\/p>\n

“Throw-ins are underestimated by coaches, players, commentators and fans as something you should just do and see what happens,” Gronnemark previously told BBC Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During Gronnemark’s time at Liverpool<\/a>, the Reds’ possession stats from throw-ins improved from 45.4% to 68.4%, moving them from 18th to first in the league on that metric.<\/p>\n

He told BBC Sport in 2018<\/a>: “If you are expecting professional footballers to be world-class throwers without coaching then you are pretty optimistic. Generally the standard is quite poor.<\/p>\n

“A focus on throw-ins can save the life of small clubs, as a technique to survive.<\/p>\n

“But at the top of the league, it can help with a more fluent style of play. No matter what position in the league, throw-ins are an advantage.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have started working with throw-in coach Thomas Gronnemark as the Premier League leaders look to increase their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-364752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}