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Giroud: time on the bench forced me to react

Olivier Giroud says he understood why Arsene Wenger benched him earlier this season, but that his time out of the starting XI was ultimately a postive for him. Arsenal's number 12 fell behind Theo Walcott in the pecking order, but rather than get downhearted, he chose to react and until he drew a blank against Sp*rs, he scored 7 goals in 7 games. Giroud believes the manager's decision to rest him after he came back from a difficult international game with France was to take him out of the firing line a bit. 'He chose to put me on the bench when I came back from Bordeaux,' said Giroud. 'Maybe he thought I needed to be less under pressure. 'We spoke about it. He told me he trusted me, like...
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