Olivier Giroud has admitted he is finding life "difficult" on the Chelsea bench.

The Frenchman has made only six Premier League starts this season.

He told ESPN FC: "It's not me who decides the team, making the starting XI, but obviously every single player wants to play every single game.

"As a competitor obviously I can't be happy to stay on the bench, but I keep that frustration with me and try to transform it to positive energy to work hard in training.

"It's true that every time I play from the start I try to bring something to the team, to play my part. But in these 14 games I started maybe only half of them, so it's a bit difficult to be consistent in this case. You need to play a few games in a row to be competitive, so that's what's a bit difficult in this last month."