The Arshavin enigma

There was something almost cruel about the way the fixtures fell.

The Arshavin enigma
Mon, 05 Mar, 2012 - 00:00
Jonathan Wilson

As Arsenal beat Liverpool, Andriy Arshavin made his first appearance for Zenit St Petersburg since his return to Russia.

Both in Liverpool and Moscow, you suspect, there were people thinking back to that April night in 2009 when Arshavin scored four for Arsenal at Anfield.

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