Giroud secures Chelsea comeback win!
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What led to Chelsea's comeback victory against Southampton?
Willian stands over this.
To Hazard. Olivier Giroud pounces again. Marc Hughes can't believe what he's seeing. The scoreline reads Southampton 2, Chelsea 3.
Chelsea were trailing Southampton 2-0 when Olivier Giroud came on, but two goals from him makes it 19 Premier League goals as a substitute. Only Jermaine Defoe has more. A man-of-the-match performance from Giroud. He's with Greg Whelan.
Olivier, congratulations. That wasn't a bad way to open your Premier League account for Chelsea, was it?
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.
Did you go out there with something to prove when you went on for that last half an hour?
Say again?
How did Olivier Giroud impact the game after coming on as a substitute?
Did you go out there with something to prove, did you feel?
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.
When you went on as substitute, Southampton had just scored their second goal. Could the team really see a way back at that point?
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.
When did you get a sense yourself that a comeback like that might be on? After you scored the first?
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.
Have you kept alive a glimmer of hope that a top-four finish is possible?
What were Giroud's thoughts on his performance and the team's spirit?
As long as mathematically it's going to be possible, we're going to believe. So, yeah, just, as I said, take the game one by one and we've got maybe five or six finals to play. Let's do the job and after we'll see the other team.
Well, congratulations on the win, the goals. You're also the Premier League man of the match, Olivier. Well done today. Thank you very much.
Big performance from Olivier Giroud. Big performance for Chelsea as well to come from 2-0 down to win that game by three goals to two. However, from Southampton's point of view, it wasn't without controversy, Matthew. Talk us through the first goal for Chelsea.
Yeah, well, I'm not quite sure where Mike Dean sees the foul. The only thing I think is that bit there where he grabs his arm, which is 10 yards into Chelsea's half. He plays advantage for quite a few seconds. He then points back to where he thinks the foul was. He lets them take the free kick, but he pulls it back. And then they move it one yard, and then he goes, I'll tell you what, just carry on, you're all right. Having said that... You can't defend the way Southampton defended in that second half there and expect to win football matches in the Premier League. You've got to be better than that defensively. You can't just blame it on the referee. You've got to do your job properly. You've got to mark people in the box.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What led to Chelsea's comeback victory against Southampton?
0:05–1:31
2
How did Olivier Giroud impact the game after coming on as a substitute?
1:31–3:23
3
What were Giroud's thoughts on his performance and the team's spirit?
3:23–8:45
4
What challenges did Chelsea face when Southampton went 2-0 up?
8:45–11:19
5
How did Chelsea manage to equalize and take the lead?
11:19–17:23
6
What were the refereeing controversies surrounding the match?
17:23–29:02
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