Giroud aerial duel and his cohesion to the team (after 2 years, of course he has to) might be his only strong point.
Not exact matches
Giroud is not only a striker but also a defender of set pieces and a winner of
aerial duels.
This is almost completely down to
aerial duels won where Benteke has almost DOUBLE the balls to win and comes out at 55 % compared to
Girouds 50 %.
Giroud: slow but good in winning
aerial duels, settibg passes for run ins (now he'll lots of it for theo), you and i know his one touch is sublime and i noticed he score goals we do nt think he's capable of, He's a green snake under the green grass in football, he can be deadly when you do nt expect him.
Giroud is better in lay - off & in
aerial duels.
Giroud's were chances created, assists, key passes and
aerial duels won.
Guardiola won the tactical battle because he put muller to roam untracked in the middle and replaced alaba with javi Martinez at cb to win more
aerial duels against
giroud and at the same time terrorizing our fragile right side at left back.
Arsenal and Boro both won 50 % of their attempted
aerial duels — could
Giroud have tipped the balance in the Gunners» favour?