The former Rubin midfielder hailed Zenit St. Petersburg's 2-0 Russian Premier League win over CSKA Moscow and commented on Pontus Wernbloom’s performance.
Zenit St. Petersburg managed to extend their atop the Russian Premier League table after winning their latest tie against CSKA Moscow at Petrovsky stadium. A sensational goal from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-Bystrov-c36328 and a sublime finish from Andrei
Arshavin helped the Russian outfit claim all three points against their arch rivals.
As a result, Luciano Spalletti’s men have now managed to create a 14-point lead over the second placed Armeytsy.
In the aftermath of the outcome, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771. The Russian midfielder found the back of the net for the first time since returning to
the St. Petersburg club from Arsenal during the winter transfer window.
“We were a little nervous during the first half but we recovered well to score two goals. I think a draw would have been a more logical result but we are happy with the win. We took our chances well and I think we are on the brink
of retaining the league title, this season.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
The 30-year-old midfielder broke the deadlock on the 89th minute after converting a decent cross from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569.
Shirokov, who has scored seven goals for the Meshki this season, admitted that he will not swap Arshavin with any other player in the league. He went on to admit that Arshavin was lacking confidence in front of goal.
However, Shirokov urged the Russian Cup winner to make a habit of scoring more goals until the end of the ongoing season before his loan spell comes to an end.
Speaking on the latest Koni signing, Pontus Wernbloom, Shirokov admitted that the young Swedish player, who opened his scoring account by scoring a European goal against Real Madrid, has bags of potential. The Supercupen winner
joined the Moscow-based club from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar during the winter.
Shirokov revealed that Wernbloom is not good at making tackles, and adviced the 21-year-old central midfielder to think twice before making a tackle.
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