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Giroud scores Arsenal's 1st league goal vs. Mourinho since 2007

Phil Noble / Reuters

Arsenal's drought is over (not that one, obviously).

The Gunners, stymied so many times in the league by Jose Mourinho during the Portuguese manager's Premier League career, finally ended a nearly decade-long scoring drought against the bombastic bench boss.

Olivier Giroud's emphatic late header saw Arsene Wenger's men steal a point with a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford, and the thumping tally was the club's first in league play against Mourinho since May 2007.

After putting forth a languid display that lacked any semblance of attacking verve for some 89 minutes, it took one moment of quality from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and a bullet header from the bearded Frenchman to completely flip the script on what had been a very one-sided contest.

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