Frank Lampard turned to the France World Cup winner when he needed goals especially when Tammy Abraham started to struggle and the Frenchman duly delivered the goods. At what times did Olivier often scored these goals to help Lampard stay in the top four?
When Tammy Abraham started the season on a bright note scoring his first set of goals in the English Premier League against Norwich City in a staggering 7 goals triller with Blues then getting their first win away from home in the League there was excitement as every Blue fan felt the new Drogba had arrived.
However, the Blues struggled to get the goals when the England International was injured with Batshuayi struggling to fill the void. This precarious situation became worse when Abraham returned from injury and lost his sharpness in front of goal. Failing to find the back of the net especially post lockdown until his recent goals against Manchester United and Liverpool in the FA cup and Premier League respectively.
During those period of relapse and struggles, Lampard had to turn to Olivier Giroud for inspiration and the French man has since scored goals any time he starts a game.
One thing worthy of note here is the timing of his goals. Olivier Giroud has scored in first-half stoppage-time in each of Chelsea’s last four matches across all competitions:
1. 45+3’ vs Norwich, Giroud scored to make it 1-0 in favour of the Blues.
2. 45+11’ vs Man United, He opened the scoring to make it 1-0 in favour of Chelsea though they went on to win by 3 goals to 1.
3. 45+3’ vs Liverpool, He pulled one back for Chelsea FC to make it 3-1 in favour of Liverpool FC
4. 45+4’ vs Wolves. He finished off a sweeping Chelsea FC counter attack through a Mason Mount superb past as the Blues won by 2 goals to nothing.
Do you think Giroud will score in the stoppage time of First half when Chelsea take on Arsenal in the FA cup this Week?
Let’s hear your opinion below. Have a great day ahead.