Olivier Giroud scores on beautiful scissor kick vs. Bayern Munich

Olivier Giroud scores on beautiful scissor kick vs. Bayern Munich

Olivier Giroud scores on beautiful scissor kick vs. Bayern Munich

Olivier Giroud helped Arsenal save face vs.
Bayern Munich with a wonderful goal
Arsenal had been on the wrong end of a
shellacking against Bayern Munich on
Wednesday in Champions League group stage
play. Bayern scored three first-half goals and
added another in the second half to go up 4-0
over the Premier League side. However, Arsenal
wasn’t trying to get completely embarrassed and
Olvier Giroud stepped in to make that happen.
With the Gunners desperately looking for a goal,
Alexis Sanchez played a lofting cross into the
penalty area that Giroud was there to make a
play on. He chested the ball to himself and then
unleashed a rocket of a scissor kick that beat
Manuel Neuer to get Arsenal on the board:
While Arsenal are going to be on the wrong end
of the result and have been dominated for 99
percent of this match, you can’t deny that this
was surely a moment of brilliance from Giroud on
this goal.
Arsenal came into this match looking to avoid
defeat, playing with a deep defensive line and
trying to simply prevent Bayern from finding goal
themselves. However, with the Bundesliga side
striking early and often, that threw a monkey
wrench into the Gunners’ plans. They’re still alive
in the Champions League, but they’ll certainly
have to rebound after this disappointing effort.