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Published 10:46 24 Jul 2017 BST
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Now, with the England international on preseason tour with United, he's spoken about the incident during an interview with MUTV.
"I'd misjudged the kick from the goal kick," Jones explains. "The ball bounced, I slipped, tried to get up, slipped again. The only thing I could do was improvise and try and head the ball away. Giroud was through on goal.
"It looked silly at the time but it did the job."
"Looking back on it, I think it was the trying-to-get-up stage that was the funny part.
"All my mates take the Mick out of me for it but it was just improvisation. You do what you have to do as a defender."
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