Olivier Giroud

of competition and to win trophies.

I just would like to pay tribute to him and a lot of respect for what he has done, what he achieved, and for the money.

Yeah, obviously I was waiting for it.

I tried so many times to put it back off the net, but sometimes I miss luck and sometimes a bit of efficiency.

But the thing is, when you're a striker, you need to keep going, keep the confidence high, even if I play a little bit less these last weeks.

I really want to help the team to bounce back in this second half.

Obviously, the beginning of the game, that's not what we wanted.

That's not what we expected, you know.

But, you know, in football, you always have the opportunity to step up and bounce back, as I said.

So we've shown great character, great team spirit, and I'm very pleased for the team today.

Say again?

Yeah, I mean, I used to say that football is an everlasting new beginning, you know, so you always need to question yourself, you know, and in the tough moments, you know, the most important is to show some character and I've been through some difficulties in my career and all the time I try to, you know, come back stronger and it's happened again today and I'm very pleased for me and for the team.

Yeah, it was tough for us.

The second goal was difficult, you know,

Yeah, but one more time again, the most important thing is even if you concede one, two goals, never give up, you know, and believe in our quality, play our game.

That's what we've done until the end.

And I'm very proud of what we've done today with our amazing support fans.

Yeah, you know, I said when I came in, I said to Eden, come on, we need to fight till the end, keep believing.

And yeah, obviously I didn't tell him that we're going to score, him and I, but I believe that the first goal we score maybe put them in a bad position.

So yeah, we succeeded to make it and it's very nice for the team.