Olivier Giroud sekali lagi menjaringkan gol menarik dan jaringan yang dibuat beliau awal pagi dalam perlawanan menentang Red Star Belgrade dianggap lebih menarik daripada gol yang dicalonkan dalam Anugerah PUSKAS - 'Scorpion' Gol Giroud.
Dengan gerakan yang bermula daripada Wilshere yang kemudiannya kepada Walcott sebelum kembali kepada Wilshere dan sekali lagi Wilshere menghantar kepada Walcott yang seterusnya Walcott kepada Giroud untuk penyudah yang cukup menarik.
Wilshere ⇨ Walcott ⇨ Wilshere ⇨Walcott ⇨ Giroud = Boom!!!
Dalam temuramah bersama UEFA, Giroud menganggap jaringan tersebut bernasib baik kerana menerjah ke dalam gawang.
Dan beliau turut menjelaskan dimana ketika itu beliau tidak mempunyai banyak pilihan dan hanya mencuba untuk menjaringkan gol dalam keadaan ataupun posisi tersebut.
In that position, I can control the ball and try to play with another team-mate. - Giroud
“In that position I can control the ball and try to play with another team-mate, but I didn’t see anyone so I tried to take it, a little bit like [the goal against] Palace. I was a little bit lucky because it was top corner, back of the net.”
“I’m happy for the team because we were resilient until the end and we kept believing in our game. We knew it’d be a tough game and we needed to be patient and play our game, with our qualities. It was very difficult. It’s an amazing atmosphere here, a special atmosphere because the crowd is behind the team.”
“It was a tough game but we’re very pleased with the three points. We owe him [Čech] the win because he was amazing two or three times. We know his quality and he showed he’s a great goalkeeper.”
“Obviously we want to win every single game, but we’ve played two away games, so it’s nice for the future. We can try to win every single game in this group. Maybe we didn’t expect it but we’ve done a good job.”
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