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Ahhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhh! ... My God, it hurts so bad! ... And it's yes, it's leaving a red mark. A red mark! ... I think that means I'm bleeding internally. ... I don't have much time. ... How could that Rangers mercenary do this to me? .... I have a family.

The Russian midfielder Andrei Arshavin has been giving his usual forthright answers to the press when asked about his life at Arsenal, but this time he hasn't said anything that will upset Arsene Wenger! In fact he gives him great praise, and also had something nice to say about the fans. He said: "Arsene gave me freedom, [.

Steven Gerrard and Daniel Agger threaten Andrei Arshavin with a swirly if he doesn't fork over the cash during Arsenal's win over Liverpool on Sunday. Arshavin is clearly about to run away, in fear of getting stuffed in his locker again.

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All you need to know about the last time these two teams met at Anfield.

This time, however, the circumstances surrounding the fixture are a bit different.

After what turned out to be quite a day for the Premier League table, Arsenal are poised to signal their title intent. Chelsea, United, Tottenham, and City all dropped points, and tomorrow presents Arsenal with the chance to start to distance themselves from the rest of the fourth through eighth-place jumble.

After playing the full 90 minutes in Real Madrid's 3-2 win over Valencia on Saturday, Xabi Alonso made the trip to his former home to watch Liverpool get sunk by a Glen Johnson own goal and an Andrei Arshavin falling-down, top corner wonder strike all within a 10 minute span, which I'm assuming is right when this picture of Xabi was taken.

Your Gameweek 19 Captain, Fernando Torres
After Boxing Day, we'll be exactly half-way through the Premier League season. Exciting stuff. We'll have 5 more months of fantasy footie, a brilliant title race brewing, a few weeks off - and then bam: South Africa! But for now - our attention is focused strictly on the league.

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Joe Cole masters smiling with his eyes, Lucas Neill looks hot whilst bored, Marco Materazzi and Didier Drogba get love from Bono, Andrei Arshavin calculates his escape, Clint Dempsey wants photo-time to be over, and Seol Ki-Hyeon and Denilson are just chillin'.

It's a whole 'lotta fine footy support for the NIKE and (RED) Charity come-together to help fight HIV/AIDS and get youth involved in sport.

The inevitable has finally happened. After a series of good results, solid performances and goal-scoring exploits, Arsenal have been shaken awake. Dreams of Premier League glory looks to be in pieces after defeats against Sunderland and Chelsea, and even though Arsene Wenger claims that the Carling Cup isn't a priority, defeat had to taste bitter.

Don't you smile at us like that, Mr. Walcott. We're pissed off, mate.

A let-down bigger than discovering your savvy online purchase has netted you a brand-new "Lewis Vuitton" handbag?

These photos of Arsenal out on their Christmas party jaunt at the high-priced, high-pose-style restau/bar Hakkasan.

The Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has come back into the Arsenal squad just in time to face Liverpool this weekend, but he is backing Andrei Arshavin to take the attacking role again in the absence of Robin Van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner. Walcott was asked if he thought that Arsene Wenger would give him an attacking [.

Morning all, a bit of time has passed now since Chelsea which might enable us to look at things with a bit more perspective. Lots of reaction from our players, the gist of which is that we need to pick ourselves up and get on with things.

Andrei Arshavin:

We haven't stopped fighting for the championship.

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Joe Cole masters smiling with his eyes, Lucas Neill looks hot whilst bored, Marco Materazzi and Didier Drogba get love from Bono, Andrei Arshavin calculates his escape, Clint Dempsey wants photo-time to be over, and Seol Ki-Hyeon and Denilson are just chillin'.

It's a whole 'lotta fine footy support for the NIKE and (RED) Charity come-together to help fight HIV/AIDS and get youth involved in sport.

I probably am going to be accused to doing a Keyrock here. You know being a fair weather blogger. I know I have remained conspicuously quiet starting from Sunderland through Citeh. Guilty as charged. Shame on me.

Two people who must be kicking themselves after yesterday are the two writers on this blog whose teams failed to pick up the three points yesterday.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reportedly enquired about buying the unsettled striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. The Russian frontman, currently with Tottenham, has been in very short demand this year with Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch to compete with. Reports around the Arsenal ground are that Andrei Arshavin, the inspirational Russian playmaker, has recommended [.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was forced to play Andrei Arshavin as the main striker against Stoke yesterday, and he thinks the Russian did very well in the unfamiliar position, although he admitted that Arshavin wasn't terribly keen on the idea! Wenger said: "I don't think he was a big fanatic to play centre forward but [.

Don't you smile at us like that, Mr. Wallcott. We're pissed off, mate.

A let-down bigger than discovering your savvy online purchase has netted you a brand-new "Lewis Vuitton" handbag?

These photos of Arsenal out on their Christmas party jaunt at the high-priced, high-pose-style restau/bar Hakkasan.

Arsene Wenger can drive out the criticism in his way after the mid week Carling Cup match against City. All the Gunners and Wenger needed was a victory and Arsenal managed to win the match against a resolute Stoke defence. Arsenal had enough quality up in front with Andrei Arshavin being fantastic all throughout the match.

Anyway, I'm back again. I spent the weekend looking after small children, and as anyone who looks after small children can attest, there's not a lot of scope for blogging on the side when you're in charge. Not a lot of scope for anything, in truth.

So I looked on at the Stoke win in semi-detachment, marvelling in the main at the ability of Andrei Arshavin (5ft 7½in) to lead the line.

Liverpool

Position: 7th, 7-3-5 (24 points, +11 goal differential)

Recent Form: WLDDW

Home Form: 4-2-1

Last Meeting: Liverpool 4-Arsenal 4 (4/21/09)

Well, tomorrow is the big day.

A Dirk Kuyt goal just before half time gave Rafa Benitez's Liverpool a crucial lead at home to Arsenal on the stroke of half-time but then it all went pear shaped for the Merseyside outfit.

An own goal from Glen Johnson was followed swiftly by a fine finish from Andrei Arshavin to put Wenger's side in the lead.

Arsenal did their hopes of challenging for the title no harm, while Liverpool suffered another blow to their title aspirations. The Reds deservedly lead 1-0 at the break, but an unfortunate own goal from Glen Johnson and a brilliant finish from Andrei Arshavin allowed Arsenal to complete their comeback.

Howard Webb denied Steven Gerrard a penalty after he had been fouled by William Gallas. Liverpool dominated the match and Dirk Kuyt got the opener. Then came the second half in which Glen Johnson scored an own-goal and Andrei Arshavin did the rest.
Watch Liverpool vs Arsenal (1-2) All Goals & Highlights Premier League (13.

A Dirk Kuyt goal just before half time gave Rafa Benitez's Liverpool a crucial lead at home to Arsenal on the stroke of half-time but then it all went pear shaped for the Merseyside outfit.

An own goal from Glen Johnson was followed swiftly by a fine finish from Andrei Arshavin to put Wenger's side in the lead.

I have to admit that I was not entirely confident going into yesterday's match. Bad things have happened recently in our big 4 matches; that is, if Liverpool can still be considered a "big 4″ side. Liverpool had Gerrard and Torres available and our injury situation had not improved.

El Arsenal parece dispuesto a pelear por la disputa del segundo lugar al Manchester, con un descuido y se sube en la cima, tras su victoria 2 a 1 en casa del liverpool, un Liverpool que no levanta y que ha sido la decepción del torneo, llevados por el ruso Andrei Arshavin quien anotó el del triunfo al 58, el Arsenal sigue cosechando triunfos.

De la mano de Andrei Arshavin y su gol al 58, el Arsenal le gana a domicilio al Liverpool para afianzarse en la tercer posicion de la Premier League y acechar al Manchester.

El Chelsea con 37 puntos sigue mandando en la Premier League seguido del Manchester con 34 y el Arsenal con 31 ya bastante cerca con el golpe que le dió al Liverpool en casa.

After the Sunday Big win, Arsene Wenger gave a standing ovation to the whole team for their outstanding performance in the second-half.
Every Arsenal fans witnessed the poor display of the team in the first-half. Astray passing, flapping keeper, bad defending, and poor attacking. With this performance, the manager showed the team the "Other" side of him during half-time.

Morning, it's fairly quiet this morning. There's no pre-Burnley stuff going on yet and the smashing of the Mugsmashers is now a thing of the past. Still, some chatter from the players will keep us going.

First up, Cesc, who says Arsenal's lack of size isn't an issue and the absence of Robin van Persie is something we can cope with.

Here are our three players to watch well in fact to sign to see you through the Christmas period. As ever, we make no promises that this will turn out well. And we appreciate the lack of imagination that seemingly lies behind these picks; but points mean prizes...

1. Andrei Arshavin

Over the next four gameweeks (assuming you play the FPL and are familiar with that parlance) Arsenal play Burnley, Hull, Villa and then joy of joys have a double header, with Portsmouth and Bolton both on the week's menu.

There are plenty of spoof videos on the Internet, but most of them are cheaply done. However, I came across this one today that I think is one of the best ones I've ever seen that features Andrei Arshavin going "Back to the Future" to stick it to the Liverpool players and Rafa Benitez.

Latest Castrol Football rankings were out on the 15th December 2009. This is Barclays Premier League related player rankings.
Fernando Torres is still the top BPL performer as per last month's rankings. However, Andrei Arshavin's unstoppable goal at Anfield has enabled him to leapfrog Vidic and Gerrard into second place.

<p align="center:< We were a bit late to the party in posting this, but the above Andrei Arshavin, Liverpool, Back to the Future mash up is both funny and clever. Plus it's Friday. For some reason my favourite part is Rafa Benitez as Marty's mom (with Lea Thompson's hair) right at the end. I should probably [.

We have whittled a very long list into a very short one and now its up to you! Yes Ryan Giggs made it into the list, hence his happiness in the picture below!

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So after asking all of you who you thought should be on the shortlist and getting a very large response indeed, we have had out crack mathematicians on the case to come up with a definitive list, so here it is.

AHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS NOT MY FRIDAY RAGE LIST!!!!!! SINCE TODAY IS CHRISTMAS IT DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT TO BE MAKING A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK!!!!!!! SO INSTEAD I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME I SAVED CHRISTMAS!!!!!

OUR STORY BEGINS CHRISTMAS DAY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I WOKE UP COVERED IN TOMATO JUICE INSIDE A CLOSET THAT I USE TO STORE SHARP ROCKS AND OLD TOOTHBRUSHES IN!

It's been the best year ever for EPL Talk not only in terms of site traffic but also, I believe, based on the quality of articles and the interaction of the EPL Talk community of readers (i.e. you) via the comment sections.

So, before 2010 arrives, it's time to look back at the top 10 most read posts of 2009:

1. ESPN Adds Premier League to Soccer Line-Up.