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Richard Buxton·1 January 2025

Everyone wants to start the New Year in style but few have done it quite like Olivier Giroud.

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The France international marked 2017 in emphatic style with a scorpion kick goal to open the scoring in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.

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His memorable effort against their London counterparts was so good that it even won that year's Puskás Award.

🗓 January 1, 2017 🎬 Olivier Giroud stars in ‘The Scorpion King’ 🏆 Puskas Award winner #NaNaNaNaa 🦂👑
– Tuesday, 1 January 2019

An absolute all-timer.

📸 GLYN KIRK