Giroud scores Arsenal's 1st league goal vs. Mourinho since 2007
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.
Olivier Giroud: Is the first Arsenal player to score a league goal against a Jose Mourinho side since Gilberto Silva in May 2007 #MUNARS
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) November 19, 2016
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.