Former Liverpool set-piece coach Aaron Briggs has continued to rue a potential sliding doors moment in the Reds' chastening 2025/26 season.
The 39-year-old was part of Arne Slot's backroom staff during the preceding Premier League **** le triumph but was relieved of his duties just after Christmas last year, with the Reds having conceded 12 times in the top flight from set plays by the midway point of the campaign.
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That record didn't necessarily improve after his dismissal, as the Merseysiders ended the season having shipped 23 set-piece goals in the division, with only three teams conceding more (BBC Sport).
Liverpool scored 19 times from set pieces in the 2025/26 Premier League, and it ought to have been 20 as, from a corner kick, Virgil van Dijk had a goal controversially ruled out in the 3-0 defeat at Manchester City in November, with Andy Robertson in an offside position but harshly adjudged to have been impeding Gianluigi Donnarumma's view of the ball.

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