Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has told L'Equipe he does not suffer from "an inferiority complex" in comparison to other Premier League strikers such as Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa, also insisting that criticism merely serves to motivate him to play better.

Giroud, 28, was sidelined for much of the first half of the Premier League season with a broken leg and he has struck only eight goals this term, nine shy of the English top-flight's joint-leading scorers Costa and Aguero.

However, Giroud's goals have come from just 10 starts, meaning his goals-per-minute ratio is better than Chelsea's Costa and does not lag far beyond Manchester City's Aguero.