Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has admitted that he is feeling frustrated with the manner of Everton’s defending from set-pieces, according to a report on the Liverpool Echo.
The Toffees conceded from a corner against Huddersfield Town as Philip Billing nodded home after being left unmarked inside the box.
The goalkeeper is desperate for the defence to work hard on the training pitch to remove this problem before it begins to spiral out of control.
Everton use the zonal marking method from corners and manager Marco Silva has seen that it is not working to his side’s benefit so far.
Billing’s strike was the fourth goal that the Toffees have conceded from a corner this season and Pickford wants the team to sort it out.
He could not hide his frustration as he failed to pick up a clean sheet once again. He said:
Everyone has got their own different ways that they like to set up from a corner. The main thing is not to concede and we have conceded too many. It’s cost us four points in the last three games.
We need to sort it out. We will work hard on the training ground when we get back from international duty.
He is massive on offensive set plays too and we have scored a couple of goals that way. If we can keep scoring and stop conceding that’s how you win games.
The England international wants to see an improvement after the international break and believes that if they improve their defending from set-pieces, then they will be very difficult to beat.
