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Olivier Giroud confident of finishing fourth

Giroud confident of finishing fourth
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Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud thinks that his side will finish strongly and overhaul Chelsea or Tottenham Hotspur to secure Champions League football.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has declared that his side are in fine form and remains confident of securing a top-four finish in the Premier League.

The Gunners won their third consecutive game in all competitions yesterday with a 4-1 success against Reading in the league.

Arsene Wenger's side are now two points behind Chelsea in the final Champions League place with eight games left to play.

Giroud believes that Arsenal will finish at least fourth if they maintain the focus and discipline of the last three matches.

He told The Mirror: "We want to be ambitious and keep our focus. The championship is until May 19. There are eight games to play and a lot of points to play for.

"I trust in our ­qualities so I really think we can make fourth and maybe even third place if we continue to play like this. We want to dictate the games. We are confident. We are used to finishing the championship well. And this season we will do the same.

"Spurs have to play against Manchester City and Chelsea so they are hard games. But every game is difficult, we can see that Chelsea lost at Southampton. We have to keep focus, concentrated and strong. We are scoring lots of goals. We need to be more concentrated when we are defending because we need more clean sheets because we dominate games. But we are playing well."

The 26-year-old has scored 16 goals in all competitions in his debut season at the Emirates Stadium.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger before the match against Bayern Munich on March 13, 2013
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