Olivier Giroud admits Chelsea's Europa League final victory last season was about revenge.

The French striker opened the scoring for the Blues as they romped to a 4-1 victory in Baku with further goals from Pedro and two from Eden Hazard.

The 33-year-old has revealed his determination to prove Arsenal were wrong to let him go, helped motivate him during the final last season.

He told Chelsea's official club website: "It was a very special moment but it was like extra motivation for me because I wanted to show them (Arsenal) that I still had some energy in me and some good years left in me.

"I scored, I got an assist and I won the penalty so quite a lot of good things happened there for me because I was involved in three goals out of the four that we scored.

"It was like in a dream because I couldn't have imagined that it would go so well, so perfectly for us. I wanted to win things at Chelsea – that's why I was even more motivated that night – but winning against your old club like that."