Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny, has admitted that Olivier Giroud is suffering from a bit of fatigue.
The French striker has been in fine form this season, but has played 21 games in 89 days for club and country and the effect is beginning to take its toll.
“It’s true that he’s not scoring but he is setting them up, like he did against Dortmund,” Koscielny told the media at France’s Clairefontaine training base. “But he’s also playing game after game and hasn’t had a rest, so maybe he’s feeling a bit of fatigue.
“He’s very important for us — strong and always answers the call on the pitch. If you look at the games, he weighs enormously on the opposition’s defense. All the balls he wins are in the air with his back to goal. He works very hard up front.”
Koscielny was also confident that the Gunners will recover from the loss to Manchester United and kick on with what has been an impressive season so far.
“We are still confident. The lessons to learn are that we were too shy in the first half and we weren’t able to play our game,” Kosicleny said. “The second half was better even if Manchester United let us have the ball.
“But we’d played a lot of games so maybe we dropped off a bit physically. Now we have 10 days off and we will have to get the fire going again at home to Southampton.”
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The French striker has been in fine form this season, but has played 21 games in 89 days for club and country and the effect is beginning to take its toll.
“It’s true that he’s not scoring but he is setting them up, like he did against Dortmund,” Koscielny told the media at France’s Clairefontaine training base. “But he’s also playing game after game and hasn’t had a rest, so maybe he’s feeling a bit of fatigue.
“He’s very important for us — strong and always answers the call on the pitch. If you look at the games, he weighs enormously on the opposition’s defense. All the balls he wins are in the air with his back to goal. He works very hard up front.”
Koscielny was also confident that the Gunners will recover from the loss to Manchester United and kick on with what has been an impressive season so far.
“We are still confident. The lessons to learn are that we were too shy in the first half and we weren’t able to play our game,” Kosicleny said. “The second half was better even if Manchester United let us have the ball.
“But we’d played a lot of games so maybe we dropped off a bit physically. Now we have 10 days off and we will have to get the fire going again at home to Southampton.”
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