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title: "Koscielny explains when Giroud is ‘at his best’"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Hamdani"
section: "Arsenal News"
published: "2016-01-26T18:13:35Z"
modified: "2016-01-27T11:30:29Z"
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# Koscielny explains when Giroud is ‘at his best’

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny has praised Olivier Giroud for the season he has had thus far.

The French striker has [scored a whopping 18 goals in all competitions](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/top-scorers) this season, leaving him on course for his best ever year with the Gunners.

The 29-year-old’s impressive performances this season have prevented many who doubted whether he had the capabilities to lead the north London side to the Premier League title, and Koscielny, speaking to *Arsenal Player*, [as reported by the club’s official website](https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20160126/-olivier-smells-the-situations-well-), admitted that Giroud is ‘at his best’ when he plays the ball in a simple manner.

![Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/505387478.jpg)

> *When he plays simple, he’s the best.*
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> *He’s tall, he’s big and when you try to find him, he keeps the ball. No defender can pass him.*
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> *He’s so massive and that’s one of the best qualities for a striker. When he can play like this, with one or two touches and staying in the box – which is where we want him – we can score in the air.*
>
> *I think Olivier has a work rate for the team which is very high. He’s not just a forward, he’s always there \[when we have\] free-kicks or corners against us.*
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> *He’s the first guy who tries to head the ball. It’s important that he can give assists too.*
>
> *You can see now that he smells the situations well – when he needs to shoot* quickly, *or control the* ball, *like he did against Liverpool with his second goal.*
>
> *I think he’s in good form this season and I hope he will stay in that form until the end of the season.*

![Gareth Copley/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/505386204-2.jpg)

Arsenal face their best opportunity to win the Premier League in over 10 years, however, having picked up just two points from their previous three games, will have to overturn their fortunes in the coming weeks.

The likes of Francis Coquelin, Tomas Rosicky and Danny Welbeck are all on their way back to first-team action while new signing Mohamed Elneny has yet to make his debut, leaving Arsene Wenger with a plethora of options.