Olivier Giroud has hit back at Thierry Henry’s claims that the current Arsenal man isn’t good enough to lead the Gunners to a league title.
After Arsenal’s 0-0 stalemate with Chelsea, the now Sky pundit hit out at Giroud:
“I think Giroud is doing extremely well. But can you win the league with him? I wouldn’t think so. He does a job, and he does it ever so well, but you can’t win the league.”
And Giroud hasn’t taken the comments very well, hitting back at the Arsenal legend via an interview with L’Equipe by labeling him as dull, in a reference to his punditry.
Giroud responds to Henry criticism: ‘I heard he was saying too many dull things. That was a bomb & it had its desired effect’ (L’Equipe 21)
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) May 21, 2015
Giroud clearly upset by Henry comment. “I didn’t enjoy hearing it. Coming from an ex-France & Arsenal striker, it’s a shame” (L’Equipe 21)
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) May 21, 2015
Giroud: “It was a bit easy for him to say that after Chelsea game. We were doing well, unbeaten in 10, my stats were good. It hurt my pride”
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) May 21, 2015
Giroud: “It was surprising to hear him take apart the team. I say ‘team’ because it wasn’t just me, it was the spine. I think he’s wrong”
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) May 21, 2015
Giroud’s explanation for Henry comment: “Maybe he was angry that I needed fewer games than him to score 50 goals for Arsenal.” (L’Equipe 21)
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) May 21, 2015
Arsenal legend Ian Wright seems to agree with Giroud’s defense as well.
@_OlivierGiroud_ 👏👏👏👏👏
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) May 21, 2015
