UEFA Champions League 2015-2016: Giroud's hat-trick takes Arsenal to Last 16

Saturday, December 12, 2015

On Wednesday, English football club Arsenal F.C. defeated Greek Olympiacos F.C. 3–0 in a UEFA Champions League group stage match played at Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus.

Arsenal had a greater ball possession. The match saw four yellow cards. Two yellow cards for both the sides with a total of 27 fouls committed in the match. Konstantinos Fortounis was the first man to be booked in the 9^th minute. In the 18^th minute, Aaron Ramsey was yellow carded. Later, in the 29^th minute, Ramsey assisted Olivier Giroud and the Frenchman scored the first goal of the match. The Gunners needed a win bigger than 0–1 in order to advance to the Last 16 knockout round of 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. The first half ended in 0–1.

In the 49^th minute, Giroud scored the second goal, assisted by Joel Campbell. Giroud was booked for his foul in the 63^rd minute. Omar Elabdellaoui committed a handball in the penalty area and was yellow carded in the 66^th minute. Arsenal was awarded a penalty kick. Giroud successfully converted the penalty into a goal, completing a hat-trick for his first time for Arsenal. The match ended 0–3 and Arsenal qualified for the Last 16. Olympiakos, standing third in the group table, qualified for the UEFA Europa League.

Giroud was awarded the man of the match.

Position	Club	Played	Goal Difference	Points
1	Bayern Munich	6	16	15
2	Arsenal F.C.	6	2	9
3	Olympiakos F.C.	6	-7	9
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	-11	3

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December 9, 2015
	Olympiakos F.C.	0–3	Arsenal FC	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 31,388 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli, Italy
	9' Kostas Fortounis 66' Omar Elabdellaoui	(0–1) HT	29' Olivier Giroud 49' Olivier Giroud 67' (pen.) Olivier Giroud 18' Aaron Ramsey 63' Olivier Giroud

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Sources

Marc Higginson. "Olympiakos 0-3 Arsenal" — BBC Sport, December 9, 2015
Paul Doyle. "Olympiakos v Arsenal: Champions League – As it happened" — The Guardian, December 9, 2015

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