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Walcott urges Arsenal to avoid a repeat of Monaco disappointment
Olivier Giroud scored a hat-trick as the Gunners won 3-0 to overcome the Greek champions on the head-to-head tie-break on Wednesday.
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Arsenal qualified despite missing seven first-team players, including Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla, but Giroud said their performance had demonstrated their strength in depth.
“Arsene Wenger’s optimism is fantastic really, he never loses the confidence that the team are going to improve”.
“I think it will make us stronger and strengthen the belief of the squad”. When you do that, it creates a positive memory for the rest of the season.
Arsenal are 19/2 to secure a 2-0 win at Olympiacos which will be enough to advance from their group for the 16th consecutive season in the Champions League.
Arsenal’s qualification completed a remarkable turnaround after they lost three of their first four games of the campaign and needed to win by any result other than 1-0 or 2-1 to finish second behind Bayern Munich.
“I’m proud of the consistency because it demands a lot of effort every day and that’s what it’s about”, Wenger added. “I always said he has something special on that front and he showed that again against Olympiakos”.
Olympiakos Piraeus vs Arsenal 2015 (live score results below) delivers their big UCL game within minutes.
Arsenal grabbed the second goal they needed on 49 minutes when Giroud, who had just came back onto the pitch after suffering an ankle injury, started the move by playing the ball to Campbell on the edge of the area. The truth is that we fell somewhat below the strength of our team. Mathieu Flamini had already hit the frame of the goal when a sublime Ozil pass set up Aaron Ramsey, whose fine left-footed cross was headed home by Giroud. “You should have seen them buzzing right at the end in the dressing room”.
The manager also praised the hat-trick hero, saying: “He [Giroud] has shown character”.
“The supporters are unbelievable in their support towards me and I feel sorry I can not give them more than I am giving them”.
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With the likes of Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain pushed into second place in their respective groups, the draw for the next round looks relatively benign – if they can avoid the twin Spanish threats of Barcelona and Real Madrid.