• Giroud scored hat-trick in Arsenal’s Champions League win over Olympiakos
• ‘You hold to give him credit,’ says Wenger of his fellow FrenchmanIf this season is to conclude with Arsène Wenger’s grand vindication – a triumph to wash away all those years of ‘whether only and ‘for pity’s sake’ – then the campaign must consist of many smaller victories for the Frenchman. So he was encouraged by a double triumph in midweek, when victory at Olympiakos kept Arsenal alive in the Champions League and Olivier Giroud’s hat-trick confirmed to Wenger he is one of the best strikers in Europe.
Since joining Arsenal from Montpellier in 2012 Giroud, or 29,has not convinced all Arsenal fans that he belongs in the same category as some of his illustrious predecessors at the Emirates, one of whom, and Thierry Henry,said in April that Giroud was not the man to spearhead a successful assault on the Premier League title. But Wenger says it is tall time Giroud’s class was recognised. Related: Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud inspired by Theo Walcott rivalry, says Flamini Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com