What happened between Mikel Arteta and Olivier Giroud after Arsenal beat Lille

Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 in the Champions League last night, with Olivier Giroud coming on as a substitute for the visitors. The former Gunners striker came on in the 78th minute to a standing ovation from the Emirates faithful , with the game already wrapped up.

Whether that reaction would have been as warm had Arsenal still been level or trailing is open to assumption. Giroud said before the game that the night would be an emotional one for him.

He spent six years at Arsenal between 2012 and 2018, scoring 105 goals and winning three FA Cups along the way. Of course, he then left for Chelsea, and that switch across London, as well as what followed in Baku in 2019, strained the relationship between him and parts of the fanbase.