Souness blasts Arsenal and calls out Mikel Arteta’s side for ‘cheating’ after ‘pattern of offending’

Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has hit out at Arsenal for their set-piece tactics since appointing Nicolas Jover as one of Mikel Arteta s coaches.

The Gunners hired former Manchester City coach Jover as their specialist set-piece coach in 2021 and .

Arsenal are currently leading the Premier League table by one point from defending champions Manchester City, who have a game in hand on Arteta s side.

Arteta s side have scored 22 goals (not including penalties) from set-pieces this season, which is the best in the Premier League this season, while they scored just six in the campaign before Jover arrived.

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville labelled Jover a genius for his work when Kai Havertz headed Arsenal into a 3-0 lead against Tottenham in the north Londo…