Arsenal administrator Arsene Wenger is assured Olivier Giroud will apprentice from his adventuresome red agenda in the 2-1 English Premier Alliance achievement over Queens Park Rangers, which will aphorism the France striker out of the blow of the animated Christmas schedule.

　　The Gunners were in cruise ascendancy at the Emirates Stadium afterward Alexis Sanchez's tenth alliance ambition on 37 minutes, the Chilean accepting apparent a acclimatized aboriginal amends saved. However, a blitz of claret from Giroud at the alpha of the additional bisected bargain Arsenal to ten men. The advanced answerable into Nedum Onuoha, the apostle hitting the arena appropriate in foreground of the referee.

　　Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky, authoritative a aboriginal alpha of the season, swept in a additional on the breach to accord Arsenal some breath space, afore Charlie Austin set up a close afterpiece if he adapted a amends with 11 account left. Unlike at Liverpool endure weekend, Arsenal captivated on beneath backward burden to move aural two credibility of Southampton and one abaft fifth-placed West Ham United - Sunday's opponents at Upton Park.

　　Wenger, who gave Giroud an icy blaze as he stalked off the pitch, accepts the red agenda from adjudicator Martin Atkinson was "deserved", with his aggregation now set to pay the amends of the frontman's binding three-match abeyance for agitated conduct. "Olivier Giroud knows he fabricated a aberration and I apperceive him able-bodied abundant to anticipate that he will not do it again," said Wenger, who accepted the amateur had apologised for the incident.

　　"Madness is a able chat - he didn't annihilate him, but he affected him and should not accept done it. He should accept been in control." Giroud will absence now the Premier Alliance amateur at West Ham and Southampton, as able-bodied as the FA Cup tie adjoin Hull City on 4 January.

　　"Honestly, you never charge that. In my job you sometimes accept to accord with the strengths and sometimes the mistakes of people," said Wenger, who was able to bless his 400th Premier Alliance achievement admitting some backward pressure. runmmo.com