Olivier Giroud Becomes a Threat to Aston Villa

DBasia.news – Chelsea is still trying to get back to winning. In the continuation of Week 16 of the Premier League against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, Tuesday (29/12) am, WIB ,the Blues had to settle for a 1-1 draw.

Chelsea dominated possession by 64% releasing 16 kicks and five on target, but only one goal came in the 34th minute from Olivier Giroud which Anwar El Ghazi then equalized in the 50th minute.

Despite failing to win three points after losing 1-2 to Wolves and 1-3 to Arsenal, Frank Lampard still saw the playing spirit from his team. According to him Chelsea did not appear badly against Villa.

“Obviously, in terms of form. We started well, Villa had their moments but we handled them and went through the first half very strongly. We got the goal we deserved,” Lampard told Amazon Prime.

“The second half, we conceded a goal with injured players, that’s how we are at the moment. We pressed but couldn’t break the deadlock. From an attitude perspective, from an effort perspective, a great game against a great team.”

“Towards the end of the match we had a few chances and almost scored, when you are in a difficult moment sometimes things don’t go well for you. A month ago we won that. We have to fight to get through it.”

“I couldn’t ask for more from the players today. Nothing disappointed me, everyone worked hard, we didn’t get the least bit of attention,” he stated.

Chelsea’s position is currently at 6th place with a collection of 26 points from 16 matches. The team’s overall performance did not result in a victory, even so there was a positive value from the goal scored by Giroud.

The goal from the 34-year-old player confirmed him as a regular goalscorer against Villa. Giroud enjoys breaking into Villa’s goal and according to Squawka he has already done it 10 times. For the first time Giroud scored 10 goals against the same opponent in his career.

In addition, starting from August 2012, since Giroud made his debut in the Premier League, he has scored goals through a header more than other players, which is 32 times.

Giroud’s consistency in scoring goals is ironic because at the start of this season he was not Lampard’s first choice on the front lines. On the other hand, the two other attackers, Timo Werner and Tammy Abraham, were still inconsistent in playing.