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Chelsea striker Giroud breaks Premier League record

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has broken a new Premier League record.

Giroud scored in the last five Premier League matches in which he started for Chelsea - and he is the oldest player to manage that.

The striker scored eight Premier League goals in the last 12 games of the season and he set a new record along the way.

Giroud, 33, scored in the last five games in which he started for Chelsea, thus breaking Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy's record as the oldest player to achieve that feat.

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