Five Points | Set Piece Pain

Set Piece Pain

The topic of set-pieces was covered extensively in the Keys To The Match, both offensively and defensively.

NYCFC wasn’t able to benefit from a set-piece, but they managed to see how influential they can be after two free-kicks from Lucas Zelarayán. Before his influential brace, the Argentine had a relatively quiet game by his usual standards, but when the opportunity arose, he made it count.

Ronny Deila said afterwards that his side were aware of the threat The Crew posed from a dead ball, which will make this result more frustrating.

You must also give tremendous credit to Zelarayán here; if his first goal was the product of brutal power, his second was an exercise in…