Liverpool’s set-piece coach has paid the worth for overseeing the crew conceding a league-high 12 objectives from dead-ball conditions this season.
Aaron Briggs has left his place as a part of Arne Slot’s backroom crew with quick impact after the 2 events reached a mutual determination to half methods.
The Premier League champions’ title defence has fallen aside largely partly to being weak at defending corners and free-kicks whereas being poor at scoring from such conditions on the different finish.
They’ve conceded 12 objectives within the league from set items, which is matched by Bournemouth as a league-high. On the different finish, solely backside membership Wolves have scored fewer than Liverpool’s three this season.
Aaron Briggs, far left, has been let go by Liverpool amid their points at defending and scoring from set-pieces this season
Their subsequent opponents, Leeds, by the use of comparability, have scored 12 dead-ball objectives whereas Brentford, who’ve former set-piece coach Keith Andrews in cost, have let in simply two.
Briggs joined the membership in summer time 2024 on the identical week as John Heitinga, who has additionally now left Anfield.
The ex-Manchester Metropolis and Wolfsburg man leaves with the gratitude of many on the membership as he was essential in serving to Slot and assistant Sipke Hulshoff settle into English life.
Briggs initially was an elite improvement coach, serving to bridge the hole from the academy to the primary crew in an analogous place to now-Swansea boss Vitor Matos.
However he took on set-piece obligations and that position turned full-time this season after initially promoting for the job on LinkedIn.
