Following his hat-trick in the Champions League in midweek, Olivier Giroud has been hailed as among the best strikers in Europe by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
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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.
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At most Arsenal needed just one more goal to go through, but Giroud got them two for good measure, stabbing home after good work from Joel Campbell just after half-time and sealing the result when he stroked home a penalty with 25 minutes remaining.
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Wenger also said Arsenal produced a “complete team performance” against Olympiakos to seal qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League. “We needed something special to come back like we did and tonight we needed a complete team performance”, he added.
But after becoming only the seventh man to reach double figures for Arsenal in the Champions League proper with his hat-trick against Olympiakos, Giroud has eclipsed the lot of them.
“I must say I’m very proud of the team as we had to be right on the mental and tactical side”. We needed great character and this kind of performance will certainly make the team stronger.
“I think it’s a legal case, and as long as it has not been judged, you have to wait for the judgement”, Wenger told reporters.
“If they keep on improve like last night, then why not?”
Olympiacos head coach Marco Silva felt his side were left in a state of limbo after Giroud’s second goal meant they needed to score themselves to advance. If the game finishes as it is, Arsenal will qualify in place of the Greek side that they are beating.
The draw for the round of 16 takes place on Monday and Arsenal will face either Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Wolfsburg or Zenit St Petersburg.
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“It was not so easy in this stadium, with this atmosphere, and we are really pleased to have done it”, Giroud said. He won numerous headers throughout the game and he was obviously the key player in the Arsenal win. We kept trying to create chances. We had the opportunities to score but our goal was at risk. “But the first goal affected the rest of the match”.
