Lace Up, Save Lives.
Arshavin bullet downs Liverpool.
Andrei Arshavin netted the winner as Arsenal came from a goal down to beat Liverpool 2-1 in an entertaining Premier League encounter at Anfield.
Fernando Torres returned from injury for the hosts, who took a deserved lead on 41 minutes through Dirk Kuyt’s stabbed effort from close range.
But an eight-minute spell after the break saw the game turned on its head as an own-goal by Glen Johnson was swiftly followed by a sensational strike from Arshavin.
Victory sent the Gunners back into third place, three points behind Manchester United in second, but with a game in hand on the champions.
Liverpool’s sixth league defeat of the season sees them stay in seventh, level on points with Birmingham City.
Arshavin: We’re not very good
Arsenal’s Andrei Arshavin has bemoaned his team’s physical limitations as the main reason for why they are “not very good” this season.
The Gunners have fallen 11 points behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League after the 3-0 defeat the Blues meted out to them at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
That result was their second league loss on the spin following the 1-0 defeat at Sunderland the previous week.
Arsenal have also lost to both Manchester United and City in the league this season, and their young side went down at City again in midweek in the Carling Cup.
Russia international Arshavin, who stands at 5ft 8in, believes it is a lack of height and strength that has seen them suffer against the top sides this term.
He said: “The fact that we have lost against our direct rivals this season signifies that we are not very good.
“We are not very good on set pieces because we don’t have many tall players - every other team has an advantage over us in this area.
“(Chelsea) were much stronger than us when it came to physical power. Had we possessed a tall player then things would have been better for us. We had nobody capable of holding on to the ball.”
