It was a great weekend for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta, although it was very little.
They were given a great opportunity in the Premier League title race as Crystal Palace ran out of amazing winners against Liverpool before they kicked the ball.
They then dropped points for the second week in a row, but thanks to Gabriel Magalges’ late winner, Gunner left St. James Park.
It was a brave and seriously impressive performance from Arsenal, and a performance that nearly everyone played well. No, including players who are seen as the new Olivieriroux, we are not talking about Victor’s Gyoker.
Olivier Giroud’s Arsenal Career
Arsenal signed Giroud from Montpellier on the French side in the summer of 2012. Behind the season, he scored 25 goals and helped him win League One by providing 12 assists in 42 games.
The French did not get to the smoothest start in the capital. While he finished his first season with red and white with a healthy tally of 17 goals and 11 assists in 47 games, he did not open a Premier League account with West Ham United until the seventh game of the season.
The following season, the Chambery-born Marksman got even better, scoring 22 goals and providing 11 assists in 51 appearances. Most importantly, two of these assists came to the club’s victory in the FA Cup final.
But the former Montpellier man has good numbers and will continue to do so, but he was also a crime of losing the possibility that he had lost many of them.
In fact, this lack of clinicality was perceived as this perceived, and stories from 2014 even accused Arsène Wenger of even claiming he could not win a league title by leading the line.
These criticisms continued over the next year, making them impossible to ignore in the 15/16 season. The club had the opportunity to win its first title since 2004, but between GameWeek 22 and 36 Giroud did not score one goal in the competition.
The 30-year-old saw his role on the team diminished when Alexandra Lacazette was signed in the summer of 2017, and when the club wanted to sign Pierre Emerick Aubameyang the following winter, he was sold to Chelsea for around £18 million.
By the time he left the Emirates, Giroud had an all-powerful, impressive record of 105 goals in 253 appearances and 38 assists, as well as what he considers to be the three FA Cups under his belt.
The international striker was certainly someone who had his mistakes, but those given his impressive record and magical moments sometimes made scapegoat unfair.
Giroux’s Arsenal Record | |
|---|---|
exterior | 253 |
Min | 16085′ |
the goal | 105 |
assist | 38 |
Involvement of goals for each match | 0.56 |
Per target involvement | 112.48′ |
All statistics through the transfer market | |
Interestingly, this current team has one of Arteta’s signatures that could possibly be described as such a modern Giroud.
Arsenal’s modern Giroux
The first person you’re probably thinking here is gyoker, and he could ultimately fit the bill, but unless he starts scoring any more – he’s not the player in question.
Instead, you can see just like the former Gunners striker is Mikel Merino, who is £28 million.
The most important similarity between the pair is that as things stand, it feels like the Spaniards have become one of the club’s current scapegoats when things go wrong.
It’s impossible to see fans and critics watch him online when Arteta’s side loses, drops points, plays badly, or the midfielder takes a 10-minute action.
However, the original real Sociedad star certainly has his flaws, allowing him to slow down plays, especially when starting with Declan Rice, but he has a rather impressive record with the North Londoner.
For example, the 6-foot-3 “Monster,” dubbed by analyst Ben Matinson, made 51 appearances for the club, scoring 10 goals in a total of 3,028 minutes and providing five assists.
It leads to goal involvement every 3.4 games or every 201.86 minutes. This is very impressive for the eight people who were often forced to play for the top.
Plus, some of his goals were important.
Last season he scored two goals to win the match against Leicester City before scoring at home against Real Madrid and providing an assist at the Bernabeu.
Plus, it was his sensational header that reclaimed the team on level terms with Newcastle yesterday afternoon.
If he hadn’t been on the pitch at that point, there’s a very realistic opportunity that the gunner might not have had one point, let alone the three.
Eventually, like Giroud before him, Merino came to Arsenal for a lot of sticks, often realising he was a scapegoat.
However, as long as he continues to achieve his big goals, he may ultimately gain the credit he deserves.