Sky Sports correspondent Andy Gray has pretty definite views about how to attack a team that defends zonally on corner kicks.
Much has been made of Liverpool's defensive strategy and let me say now I'm not a fan of zonal marking and never have been.
As a striker I liked playing against a side that zone marked across the edge of the six-yard box. Any good corner-taker will aim to drop it anywhere along that line and allow one of his players to get a run on it.
I guarantee that a running jump will beat a standing jump at any level of football at any time. I'm not saying it's a shocking system, but it is flawed and that makes it very difficult to blame people who are marking space.
It's not as if Liverpool don't have enough people to cope with Chelsea; yes Chelsea are big, but Liverpool have got two big centre-backs, while Torres, Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt are all good in the air. They could easily go man-to-man if Rafael Benitez wanted but he chooses to go zonal.
The majority of the time it works for them but I've covered a lot of games where they have conceded goals purely because they zone mark and that was the case on Wednesday night when they were very sloppy.
http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,12064_5166548,00.html
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