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He may not be the most technically gifted player in the league but Olivier Giroud is turning into Arsenal’s and the Premier League’s most prolific strikers. Giroud has played 117 games for the Gunners, and on Saturday he netted his 50th goal for the club in the 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace. Giroud has beaten the likes of Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba and Robin Van Persie with the amount of games taken to reach the 50-mark. The Frenchman has been heavily criticised by media and experts, with many questioning if he is good enough to be Arsenal’s first choice striker, but Arsene Wenger has stayed loyal to Giroud and how that has paid off.
I believe that Giroud deserves more praise and he is one of the most underrated players in the league, consistently delivering on a regular basis and getting the goals that critics claimed he would never get. He doesn’t just get goals, his all round play is crucial to the way that Arsenal operate and engine as a team. Whether it is his defensive work or his overall hold up play when playing as the lone striker, he is becoming one of Arsenal’s most important players, and one of the first you expect to see on the team sheet each week.
Since returning from the ankle injury that he suffered in early August that ruled him out till November, Giroud has come back a stronger and better player. He has netted nine times since returning back to the first-team, taking his overall tally for the season to 11, and there should be no doubts that he will hit 20+ by the end of the season. The addition of Danny Welbeck has also helped his overall game massively aswell. When both Giroud and Welbeck start, they both work together brilliantly, Welbeck’s pace and energy combined with Giroud’s strength and aerial threat has improved and made Arsenal’s strike force a lot more deadly this season. Not to even forget about the addition of Alexis Sanchez aswell…
This season was meant to be the break through season for the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere, but it is Olivier Giroud who is pleasantly surprising all Arsenal fans and pundits and long may it continue!
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