Olivier Giroud: We won’t change our style

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud believes Chelsea are “pleased” with the way they play - and reckons neither club will be ready to change their football philosophy in the quest for success again next season.

The Blues battled to a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon to take a step closer to the Barclays Premier League title, which they can secure later this week with victories over Leicester and then Crystal Palace.

Both manager Jose Mourinho and captain John Terry rejected chants of “boring boring Chelsea” from sections of the home supporters during the closing stages of the match as the west London club edged towards their goal of being crowned the best side in England.

Giroud accepts, given Chelsea’s healthy 10-point lead, that the end looks to have justified the means - even if it is an approach which Arsene Wenger’s squad would not embrace.

“I did not hear (the fans’ chants), because I do not understand most of the time, so I ask my English team-mates. Boring? I don’t know, but there is the table who speaks for them,” the 28-year-old said.

“It is true maybe they are not (playing) the same game as us, but we are not going to change our game and I think they are not going to change their game.

“I think they are pleased with that and, if they are champions, what can you say?”

Wenger reckons there is “not a lot” between the two sides and Giroud echoed Wenger’s belief Arsenal can challenge for the championship in 2016.

“Yes, I think we can (be closer with Chelsea in the title race next season),” the France forward said.

Meanwhile Mourinho has questioned those who value style over substance after attacking those who brand Premier League champions-elect Chelsea “boring”.

Arsenal supporters chanted “boring, boring Chelsea” at the end of Sunday’s goalless draw at the Emirates which leaves Mourinho’s men 10 points clear and within two victories of the title.

As he had on Sunday, Mourinho railed against the accusation that his side were boring, saying that “cannot be true”.

“In any point of analysis in any criteria you can find, we are the best team or the second-best team. As simple as that,” the Portuguese said ahead of tomorrow night’s match against Leicester.

“What is that? Style and flair? The way people now analyse style and flair is to take the goals out of the pitch.

“It’s the football they play on the moon, and the surface is not good. Some holes. But no goals.

“It looks like the goals are not there. Sometimes you speak about ‘boring’ and you consider boring a team that scores as many goals as we do, but you don’t consider boring a team that has 70% of the ball possession and cannot win the game. It’s quite a big contradiction.”