A bit of action on Arshavin& #39;s Arsenal debuthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">

After all the hype of his performances at the Euro 2008, the drama around his deadline day January transfer and the international break before his debut, after seeing this you just knew having him around was gonna be funhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Eyes">
Arshavin& #39;s first goal for Arsenalhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚽️" title="Soccer ball" aria-label="Emoji: Soccer ball">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">

After a Niklas Bendtner & #39;miss-masterclass& #39; dayhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing" aria-label="Emoji: Rolling on the floor laughing">

It took a few games but this was the moment Arsenal fans were waiting for - a real moment of quality to announce himself

And what a goal!
A bit of Arshavin vs Stoke City 2009/10

All of our strikers injured or out

Andrey playing upfront at CF on his own...
Arsenal playing Fergie& #39;s Man Utd at the Emirates

Arsenal have no strikers available & are struggling to get ANY service to Arshavin upfront on his own

This would have been a helluva goal at 0-0
Some play from Arshavin vs Fulham in 2010/11

Bits of Arshavin & Nasri linking uphttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">

Nasri was on absolute fire these times but Arshavin was a different factor around the final 3rd...
Very good build-up play here from Arsenal to advance the ball into the final 3rd

Bendtner releases Arshavin on the left who& #39;s strength & centre of gravity took over the situationhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Eyes">
Capital punishment from Arshavin for a big defensive mistakehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">
Arshavin & Petr Cech having a erm....moment

Perhaps as close to a scrap as you could expect from these two with their non-confrontational personalitieshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing" aria-label="Emoji: Rolling on the floor laughing">
Trademark Arshavin. Picking the ball up & driving dangerously infield from that LW position...
Clinical finishing from Arshavin

First real moment of real quality in this match

vs Partizan (A) Champions League 2010/11
Incredible take & finish by Arshavin in pre-season vs Atleticohttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😶" title="Face without mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face without mouth">

He initially scored to make it 1-0 in this game but it suddenly became more of a battle than a pre-season game as Arsenal weren& #39;t playing well & Atletico are always dangerous

And then this basicallyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat">

Game over
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