Brentford’s quick goals: How ex-Sky Sports pundit Keith Andrews became brains behind Bees’ lightning starts.
Brentford have scored inside the opening 40 seconds of their last three successive Premier League games; the Bees have been employing set-piece coaches for almost a decade now, with ex-Sky Sports pundit Keith Andrews the current incumbent after Bernardo Cueva joined Chelsea in the summer.
Brentford have scored inside the opening 40 seconds of their last three successive Premier League games.
It is unheard of – certainly a Premier League record – and their new kick-off ‘routine’ was dissected by Jamie Carragher on Monday Night Football.
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Having a set-piece coach is all the rage these days, but Brentford have had them for almost 10 years. Sky Sports takes a closer look at how the club have led the way in this arena of coaching and the impact Andrews is already making…
Nicolas Jover and setting the trend
Brentford were the first ever English club to hire a designated set-piece coach, way back in 2015, and have since had several of them nabbed by bigger clubs.
Giovanni Vio was the first brought in after Brentford had the worst set-piece record in the Championship during 2014/15. However, it is Nicolas Jover who has become perhaps the most renowned one thanks to his recent exploits at Arsenal.
Jover was brought to Brentford in 2016 and was then pinched by Manchester City, after three successful years with the then Championship side, on Mikel Arteta’s recommendation while he was Pep Guardiola’s assistant.
