Centre fireworks? Jamie Carragher invents new term for striker - Luis Suarez is one but Arsenal's Olivier Giroud is not

Carragher hopes it will catch on like the 'false 9'

Jamie Carragher while working as a pundit this season (GETTY IMAGES)

Liverpool great Jamie Carragher coined a new term for a striker yesterday while doing punditry for Sky Sports - the "centre fireworks".

Speaking after Arsenal's goalless draw with Chelsea, Carragher said that the Gunners need an inventive "centre fireworks" striker if they are to fight for the Premier League title next season, more like his former team-mate Luis Suarez than Olivier Giroud.

Carragher hopes the term will enter the footballing lexicon like the "false 9".

The 37-year-old later explained the new term to his 572 Twitter followers.

Former Arsenal great Thierry Henry also appeared to criticise Giroud after the game, saying Arsenal need a "top, top striker".

"I think they need to buy four players - they need that spine. They need a goalkeeper, they still need a centre back, they still need a holding midfielder and, I'm afraid, they need a top, top quality striker to win this league again.

"You had the best example with Chelsea here today. They were struggling last season to win the league. They went on to buy [Thibaut] Cortouis, [Nemanja] Matic, Cesc [Fabregas] and [Diego] Costa.

"For me, that speaks volumes and you saw it today - a team didn't and a team did, and they are about to win the league again."