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Giroud stunner saves Arsenal blushes

By skysports.com
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Olivier Giroud
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A superb late strike from Olivier Giroud saves Arsenal's blushes as they edges past Red Star Belgrade 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday.

The victory sees the Gunners maintain their perfect record in the competition as they top Group H with the maximum nine points, but had to wait for a moment of magic from Giroud to seal their third successive win.

Five minutes after Red Star had Milan Rodic sent off for a second yellow card in the 80th minute, the French striker produced an acrobatic overhead kick to snatch the win for Arsenal. 

Thursday's host remain second in the group behind the Gunners in top spot despite BATE Borisov's 1-0 win against Cologne in the other fixture in Group H.