PREMIER LEAGUE: Giroud admits it was a 'huge relief' to win at Selhurst Park

Arsenal scorer Olivier Giroud admitted it was a big relief not only for him to score but for the Gunners to clinch victory at Crystal Palace.

The France striker was on target after 16 minutes as the north Londoners won 2-1.

And he said: “I said before the game we really needed these three points to bounce back after the performance at home when we lost against West Ham.

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“We could have scored more goals in doing a better choice with the last pass but we are really happy to get the three points.

“You always get criticised when you lose, especially at home. We said at the beginning of the championship that we want to win the league so we will join the title race.

“When you say that you have to face expectations. It was a bad performance (last week) but even though we lost last week the most important in football is to bounce back the week after and keep your faith in your game, which is what we tried to do and succeeded to do today.”