North London outfit Arsenal made the trip to Greece to face Olympiacos on Wednesday night in the final game of the group stages of the Champions League. If the Premier League gaints were to win the match by two goals, only then would they go through to the knockout stages of the competition. The visitors were quite positive since the get go, while the home side looked to defend their advantage. As Arsene Wenger’s side put in constant attacks, the deadlock was finally broken when Frenchman Olivier Giroud gave the Gunners the lead with a superb header on the 29th minute. The two sides went into the break with Arsenal leading at 1-0.

After the restart, Giroud struck once again on the 49th minute from a quick attack, as Joel Campbell set him up with a sweet pass and claimed an assist. The star striker further added a third goal to his name on the night and completed a well deserved hat-trick, when left-back Nacho Monreal was impeeded in the penalty area on the 67th minute. Giroud stepped up to finish off from the spot and secure all three points and qualification for his team to the round of 16.

The Londoners went through to the next round of Europe’s top competition along the German champs Bayern Munich and it will be interesting to see now what the draw holds for them.

Arsenal have been knocked out in the round of 16 in the past few seasons by different opposition and will want to change that this time around.

Here are some of the reactions of the fans on Twitter after the big win and qualification was secured:

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