Olivier Giroud issues rallying cry to Arsenal team-mates ahead of crucial Olympiakos tie

Olivier Giroud has called for his team-mates to give their all against Olympiakos

OLIVIER GIROUD has called for Arsenal’s weakened squad to give everything in their crucial Champions League tie with Olympiakos.

 

The Gunners need to beat the Greek champions by any scoreline other than 1-0 or 2-1 to progress to the last-16 of the competition.

Arsene Wenger's side have a host of injuries heading into the match, with key players Alexis Sanchez, Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin all missing.

And Giroud believes the Gunners need to be at the top of their game or they will be dumped into the Europa League.

 

“We’ll have to be at 100 percent because 95 percent won’t be sufficient,” he told French newspaper L’Equipe. 

"It’s a group that was in our range and we put ourselves in difficulty by losing our first two matches, now we have the chance to show our mental strength.

“We must have 40 percent of our team missing, but we have a more well-equipped squad than in previous years.

“The guys who have replaced them did the job at the weekend, like Joel Campbell. We know that we have the quality to impose ourselves there.”