Olivier Giroud will get more starts at Arsenal after equalling Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sub goal record
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said after latest goal: 'I will start him, of course, as we play every three days'.
A PLAYER who thinks an awful lot of himself, Olivier Giroud, will not thank anyone for tagging him a supersub.
Yet the Frenchman came off the bench to rescue Arsene Wenger — yet again — and draw level with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Manchester United’s baby-faced assassin scored 17 times as a substitute for Sir Alex Ferguson, the most of any Premier League player for one club.
Yet as Arsenal faced the prospect of their sixth defeat this season, Giroud grabbed his 17th goal as a sub in the nick of time.
Ridiculously, Giroud has yet to start a league game for Wenger since a 2-0 win over Sunderland on May 16.
Equally, Jack Wilshere has not started in the league for Arsenal for 18 months.
He was brought on a few minutes earlier than Giroud, and between them they ensured Arsenal landed a deserved point after conceding in the third minute.
Even so, Giroud’s effort was only Arsenal’s ninth away league goal of the season, embarrassing when you consider that five of them came against Everton.
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Afterwards, Wenger insisted his fellow Frenchman will start over the festive period.
If the Arsenal boss has the chance, he should do so against West Ham on Wednesday and give Alexandre Lacazette a breather.
Wenger said: “I will start him, of course, as we play every three days.
“Olivier has come back into the team in very good shape and has shown that again, mentally, he is extremely strong.
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“You have to be grateful when a player is needed and he comes and scores. It is a remarkable achievement.
“It’s always the same, when you have many good players, some of them cannot play.
“The question you always get is why does a guy who is good not play?
Because if you put him on, you have another guy who is good who will not play. It is as simple as that.”