Arsenal forward, Theo Walcott, has revealed that he gave up the chance for a hat-trick, to allow Olivier Giroud score his 100th Arsenal goal.
Giroud rounded off scoring from the penalty spot, in Thursday’s 4-2 win over BATE Borisov in the Europa League.
Walcott netted the first two goals as the Gunners raced out to a 3-0 lead after just 25 minutes.
Walcott had previously left Giroud frustrated on a couple of occasions, by going for shots himself instead of laying the ball off to his teammate.
But when the penalty came, he said he was happy to step aside.
“Obviously there was a chance for me to take a penalty, but knowing that Olivier was on 99 goals, I felt like it’s a great moment in his career to get 100 goals for Arsenal,” Walcott told BT Sport.
“I’ve achieved that myself and I know the feeling, it’s brilliant. So that’s why he took the penalty. Yeah, there were chances, but you can’t be too selfish.”
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