article_snippet: Olivier Giroud gave the Gunners hope, finishing with aplomb to increase the nerves among the home side .
article_snippet: There was no shortage of attacking options, but it would take a night of clinical finishing to get out of this corner.
article_snippet: An early goal might have exerted more pressure on a team in unfamiliar territory and made them anxious, but 35 minutes had elapsed when Olivier Giroud struck.
article_snippet: To score before the interval was important.
article_snippet: Olivier Giroud perhaps epitomises the Arsenal riddle better than anyone.
article_snippet: Olivier Giroud goals have fuelled an upturn in form since the turn of the year.
highlights_snippet: Olivier Giroud, too, proved that night of missed opportunities was something of an aberration amid a hot streak of form .