Olivier Giroud: "I love scoring overhead kicks! We were the better team on the ball"

(interviewer) Ollie,
congratulations.

Only one place to start,
your wonderful goal.

Talk us through
it from the moment

the ball looked up
to you finding out

that it had been given.

Well, it was a long wait.

Almost three minutes
I heard, so, yeah.

Basically, it's so weird
because you celebrate

after three minutes, and--

but anyway, the
most important is--

it was-- it's a goal.

On the Marco's cross should
have screamed to Mas to leave

the ball, so a bit of confusion.

But after the ball
went in the air and--

I love the overhead kicks.

And well, I was
happy for the team

that the ball was
back of the net,

and that the goal was with
the [INAUDIBLE] was allowed.

(interviewer) Did you think it
had come off Mason or off--

No, no, I knew
straightaway from Mas.

He told me, I didn't
touch the ball.

So it was a defender.

So logically, I
was hoping like--

it was an important decision,
like the referee said,

so I trust that
yeah, it went well.

(interviewer) What was
the ref saying to you.

Because--

He say, yeah, look, it's
an important decision,

so I need to take
time, and we need

to check properly,
and blah, blah, blah.

(interviewer) It reminds me
a bit of the World Cup Final

because you were one
of the first to appeal

for the [INAUDIBLE]--

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's true.

Yeah, you remember,
yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sometimes, it's good, but for
you, when it goes in your side,

on your side.

(interviewer) And what about
the game overall tonight?

What did you make
of our performance?

Well, I think we were--

we were the better
team on the ball.

I don't know the stats, but I
think we had good possession.

We've been dangerous in the
last 30 metres, last third.

But the problem is
we miss sometimes

a bit of precision in the last
pass, and maybe about timing,

and, yeah, precision,
and maybe we

wanted to rush it
a bit too much.

But I really felt
like we could have--

we could have done
more first half.

I was hoping the very
best for us second half,

and, well, we still
can improve, but we--

we play well.

We play well, I think.

We've been stronger
at the back also, so

a lot of satisfaction tonight.

And, well, it's an away
goal, so it's very important.

(interviewer) And an
unusual away goal.

You like playing against
Spanish sides at the moment.

Well, yeah, yeah, yeah,
my friends told me the same,

and I said, maybe, it's
random, but I finally

start thinking maybe I'm
lucky with Spanish teams.

Anyway, we need to keep the
same focus, the same commitment

for the second leg,
and hopefully, we

are going to go through
for the quarterfinal.

(interviewer) And next
up, another huge game

against Manchester United.

Well, we have tough
games coming up,

United, Liverpool, Everton
Leeds away, so, yeah, yeah, it's

going to be two--

two exciting weeks to come.

So, yeah, we will need everybody
focused and committed 100%.