Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud is looking to add the killer instinct of Chelsea striker Diego Costa’s to his own game.
The Frenchman told L’Equipe that club coaches had been instructing him to tone down his emotions when he misses a goal-scoring opportunity.
“When I do this [putting his head in his hands] after a missed chance, the coaches get a bit annoyed. They want me to have a ‘killer’ attitude,” Giroud said.
Giroud, who has had a fine season so far, scoring 11 goals in his 20 appearances this season, including five in eight since returning from suspension. However the 28-year-old is still looking for ways to improve his game.
“Diego Costa shows no emotion. I am more emotional. I have therefore learned to control my emotions. I try to be less demonstrative.”
In spite of the praise that Costa, 17 goals in 26 games, and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, 23 in 27, have been receiving the Gunners’ striker is confident he belongs in the elite category of Premier League strikers.
Giroud said: “I don’t have an inferiority complex. I don’t have their names but, when you look at the stats, I am only just behind them.”
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