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Chelsea striker Giroud delighted knowing he's close goal/assist a game

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud is pleased knowing he's getting close to a goal or an assist per game in England.

Since joining Arsenal in 2012, he has played the equivalent of 210 club games, scoring 122 goals.

"It's all about statistics when you're a striker, because people expect you to be efficient, to be decisive for your team," he told the Daily Mail. "But not only that, I feel like I'm a team player. I'm thinking about being an unselfish striker. I like to set up goals for my team-mates. It would have been interesting to tell me my assists as well! I think it's 60 or something like that."

In club games, since 2012, it is 52, so his goals and assists rate in English club football is 0.82 per 90 minutes.

"Put it together and it's interesting," he says. "I'm happy with that but I still have a few nice years in front of me, I still have a few targets, short term and middle term. I still feel fresh."

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