Sentences with phrase «olivier giroud»

I personally believe the best option would be to go for a striker who is a cross between Olivier Giroud and Aguero.

The home side dominated possession early on and had a goal ruled out as Olivier Giroud headed home, only to be adjudged offside.

Arsene Wenger admitted that he considered leaving Olivier Giroud on the bench, but the French striker, who's wife had had a son the night before, came good by putting away the first two goals.

At striker they've lost Welbeck and Walcott, but Olivier Giroud is a 20 goal per season striker who returned to the first team and is in amazing form.

When Alexis Sanchez was substituted and was replaced by Olivier Giroud (who is supposedly still lacking match fitness) it made me question what role Wenger saw Lucas Perez in.

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I must admit that magnificent «scorpion goal» from olivier giroud has got to be up there for goal of the season!

Wenger is looking to Olivier Giroud to lead the Arsenal line single - handedly after seemingly electing to only use the likes Lukas Podolski, Gervinho and Theo Walcott in wide areas, therefore though the French summer signing has started to up his game there is certainly a need to bring in alternatives and Dzeko may well be tempted by the chance of a new challenge.

Nevertheless, they will have Mesut Ozil, who has scored two goals and produced 13 assists in 15 Premier League games this season, and Olivier Giroud, who has hit the net 11 times in his last 13 appearances in all competitions.

Aubameyang has impressed since moving to Germany from Saint - Etienne back in July 2013, netting 42 goals in 95 appearances, and is seen by Arsenal as a possible summer signing to keep Olivier Giroud on his toes.

Key players like Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil and Laurent Koscielny have all missed significant game - time, putting pressure on an already over-stretched squad.

Though Olivier Giroud has been heavily depended on for much of the current campaign the return of both Theo Walcott and Lukas Podolski from injury may convince the Arsenal man to hold out for Remy.

When Welbeck arrived everyone wanted him to supplement Olivier Giroud's steady goalscoring, but in his first season he scored 8 goals in 27 games plus 7 subs appearances, only 4 of them coming in the Premier League.

Yes we should have got a CDM and a CB, but it softens the blow to know that Ozil can be the catalyst for likes of Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud and even Danny Welbeck to become some of the best in the world.

Bosnian has fallen down the Man City pecking order and is now an Arsenal target and could well keep first choice forward Olivier Giroud on his toes.

They were helped by a red card shown to the Saints star Nathan Redmond when the score was 2 - 1 but all that really matters is that they won, as did Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and Man United, making that last gasp headed winner from Olivier Giroud against West Brom look even more crucial.

Chelsea made plenty of changes over the summer and in January, with the likes of Nemanja Matic, Diego Costa and Michy Batshuayi among those to recently leave, while unconvincing additions such as Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Danny Drinkwater and Olivier Giroud have come in and made minimal impact.

Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey and Gabriel Paulista will also miss out, with the former suspended and the remainder also in the physio room.

The prolific Poland international would be a world class addition for almost any top club, and this latest rumour will serve as a worrying sign for Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud regarding their futures at Stamford Bridge.

Enjoy the transfer widow Arsenal fans cause jackson is like RVP in 29 as a hungry beast for goals and league medal so Wenger wanted to go easy on his boy Olivier Giroud, may not wan na hurt his ego or feelings after Henry pricked him.

Mesut Ozil starred as Arsenal thrashed Huddersfield Town 5 - 0 at the Emirates with Alexis Sanchez, Alexandre Lacazette and Olivier Giroud all scoring.

As is traditional for this kind of year, the injuries are mounting at the Emirates, where David Ospina, Mesut Ozil, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Yaya Sanogo, Mathieu Debuchy and Olivier Giroud are currently injured.

Arsene Wenger started with Olivier Giroud as striker in that game, and took a chance of putting Alexis on as a sub, despite only being with the squad for one week.

5) Olivier Giroud.

Following the returns of Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud, and with Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain in a rich vein of form, the former Barcelona man can expect a little more rest going into the halfway point of the campaign.

Alex - Oxlade Chamberlain remains the only major absentee in Arsenal's forward line and with Olivier Giroud, Danny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez all firing, Wenger will certainly hope to make it a night to remember.

Marseille have reportedly made Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud their top target this summer, and they're willing to spend # 20m on the Frenchman.

However Wenger is confident he can convince Remy to join fellow national team colleagues Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, Bacary Sagna and Abou Diaby at the North London club, with the carrot of Champions League football, if secured, perhaps a likely motivating factor.

Papers like the Daily Express are saying that the French forward will be on a weekly wage of # 200,000 and that is twice as much as our current French centre forward Olivier Giroud takes home.

Alexis Sanchez versus his former team, Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla pulling the strings in the middle and Olivier Giroud's height should give Arsenal a good advantage in the final third.

And one more thing, Arsenal Football Club need to sell Olivier Giroud (compulsory).

The prolific goalscorer would no doubt bring competition to Olivier Giroud for the central striker role, but his agent has made it clear previously that he wants to move to Italy.

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Danny Welbeck has struggled to provide much alternative to Olivier Giroud since joining from Manchester United this season, and there's no doubt the 27 - year - old Serie A man could be a big upgrade in that department.

Olivier Giroud — 7 You can't knock his efforts with two goals but he may improve further with regular playing time.

Campbell is behind Danny Welbeck and Olivier Giroud in the Gunners first - team, while Theo Walcott, Lukas Podolski and Yaya Sanogo are also providing competition for his quest to earn an attacking slot in the North London team.

Last year he finished tied for sixth in goals scored with 14 goals, matching the marks of Olivier Giroud and Eden Hazard.

THat led to the two teams cancelling each other out to a certain extent and chances were pretty thin on the ground in the first half, which is why the opening goal was a big plus point for the Gunners and once again it came from our big centre forward Olivier Giroud.

Lukas Podolski has the best goal - per - minutes ratio of any of Arsenal's strikers this season, beating the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck.

Sanchez was getting picked on by the Saints but kept going, as he does, but it took the arrival of the much - maligned Olivier Giroud to come on for the last ten minutes and put the game beyond doubt.

Our London rivals would certainly have a better chance of doing that if Arsene Wenger was to agree to sell them both Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott during the summer transfer window, as a report by the Daily Star suggests is actually on the cards.

Aside from that match, he has very much struggled for minutes, even with Olivier Giroud's lack of fitness.

A front four of Sanchez, Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey, and Olivier Giroud playing well together at the moment has made it even more difficult for the England international to break into the side.

As for the visitors, they've made three changes with Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain restored to the midfield in the absence of the injured Aaron Ramsey, and Theo Walcott is brought back in on the right wing which allows Alexis Sanchez to replace Olivier Giroud up front.

Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud have already professed their acclaim of his dazzling skills while Wenger has already insisted that Reine - Adelaide has a lot of potential.

Strikers Olivier Giroud — The man that splits football fans around the country, he has an excellent scoring record, and in the last year he has taken those goals into the big games against City, United and Bayern twice.

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Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi and Olivier Giroud were believed to be high on their wishlist, but Anthony Modeste is the latest name to pop - up as PEA's potential replacement.

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Olivier Giroud will be turning 31 in September, and our club has regularly favoured younger players, and this summer could be the ideal time to either replace him, or bring in an understudy who could displace him in the near future.