Arsenal’s French forward Giroud has cautioned his fellow team mates to start positively and to be clinical from the off against this weekend’s FA Cup opponents Middlesbrough.
Olivier Giroud told The Arsenal Official Website: “We need to play our game straight away from the beginning and not let them take confidence.”
“We know that even though a team is playing in an inferior division, they will really want to beat us at home, especially Arsenal.”
“We have the spirit because we won it last year, we have more experience maybe and hopefully we will keep this trophy with us.”
The Championship outfit beat Manchester City at The Ethiad in the last round so Arsenal will have to be at the top of their game from the first whistle if they are to progress into the next round this weekend.