Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal: 5 Men who won the Europa League Final for Sarri

Modified May 29, 2019 22:25 GMT

Chelsea v Arsenal - UEFA Europa League Final

#2 Olivier Giroud

Talk about the old boy coming back to haunt the club. Sarri started with Giroud leading the attack, counting on the Frenchman's physicality to do the damage against his former club. Giroud started the game well, harrowing the Arsenal defense and bullying them all night. He also tested Cech on a couple of occasions, coming close to scoring himself.

The Frenchman regularly drew the defense, leaving spaces free for Pedro and Hazard to run into. However, Chelsea failed to find the breakthrough, until the man himself took charge of proceedings.

In the 49th minute, Emerson ran into space with the ball and found Giroud with a low ball. The Frenchman expertly adjusted his body to unleash a low diving header that gave Peter Cech no chance. It was the goal that gave Chelsea the lead and set them on course to a memorable win.

He then won a penalty and also set up Hazard to score Chelsea's fourth goal of the night. Olivier Giroud repaid Sarri's trust by doing just what the Italian had asked him to do and helped Chelsea win the game.

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