Ice Cold Giroud Looks To Emulate Thierry Henry

Arsenal striker, Olivier Giroud appears not to be everyone`s cup of tea, but whatever you think of him, the man scores goals, good ones too and the big front says it takes more than just talent to become a top goal scorer.

Giroud, with a strike rate of more than 1 in 2 so far this season nodded home the second goal in the 2-0 win over Man City last Sunday and has also found the net against teams like Man Utd, Liverpool, Everton and Man City in the Community Shield showing he not only scores goals, but scores them when the really count.

The big Frenchman says you nice to become the Iceman to make it big and that if he can emulate the great Thierry Henry he will be more than happy.

“You can always improve yourself but you need to have talent,” he told Arsenal Player. “Talent is not sufficient on its own, though. I always repeat that because it`s important for young players to know it.”

“You need to have something that all strikers have in them. You need to keep lucidity in front of goal and have cold blood, like we say in France, in your veins. You need to be a born striker with a killer instinct.”

“I looked up to Andrey Shevchenko and Jean Pierre Papin [when I was younger]. Eric Cantona as well, but the one who scored so many goals was Titi Henry.”

“He played for my team, Arsenal, so I was impressed by his performances. He has done really well in his career, especially at Arsenal. If I can do half of what he has done I will be happy.”