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Milan's Giroud takes place among heroic outfield goalkeepers

He's won the World Cup, the Champions League, domestic league titles and even the FIFA Puskas Award, but at the weekend striker Olivier Giroud was afforded the opportunity to add an exclusive honour to his already glittering career.

Giroud found himself initiated into the exalted order of outfield players who have to play as a goalkeeper, after AC Milan's first-choice stopper Mike Maignan was sent off in stoppage time amid a frantic end to their Serie A clash against Genoa.

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