Against Ipswich, Arshavin picked up two assists. Here is what he said of his own performance,

It wasn't a supermatch for me. But I'm satisfied with the result. I'm glad that I was useful to the squad.

I don't think he could have said it any better even with the help of the best PR agents in the world.

What's the deal with Arshavin's celebration face? It's like a cross between a lizard having an orgasm and a lactose intolerant elephant seal that ate 2 blocks of cheddar cheese. What a mug on that guy.

For the vast majority of this season I've been damning Gael Clichy from the pit of my stomach all the way to Hades for his ludicrous interpretation of how to play at left back.

Constantly out of position, easily beaten by anyone who runs at him, never chasing down a ball or closing down a man, I've held him personally responsible for a number of the goals that Arsenal have conceded thus far this season.

Would it explain everything if Arshavin required absolute silence in order to play football? I think the criticism against him is a bit too much. Which is why I made this... I really like Arshavin. He's a great player and I think we're a better squad with him, but not necessarily a starter every match.

Good morning to you and welcome to a brand new week.

Cup football is the order of business again as we switch our sights from FA to Carling and it'll be interesting, having seen some of the players struggle against Leeds, what exactly the manager does on Wednesday night. Will he keep faith and hope that another game so quickly will increase sharpness and see them recapture some form, or will he add a few of the 'first' team in from the start to try and get things back on track?

Apparently when I make fun of an Arsenal player by saying he has a funny celebration face, I'm a terrible, terrible human being. I made this just to show that I'm not.

Here is Andrei Arshavin, The White Knight of Arsenal, using his patented "Two Goals At Once" trick, riding atop his trusty Unicorn steed 'Belyh Faksov', while wielding a lightsaber.

It's back to the bread and butter today as we play our first league game since the soporific 0-0 with City ten days ago.

Since then we've hardly had the kind of confidence boosting results in the cup we would have liked. Momentum is very much an issue for this Arsenal team. You feel that if we really got going we'd take some stopping but we seem unable to go more than a few games at a time without derailing.

I missed the first half an hour of last night's game, scurrying back from football of my own to catch up via Tom's live blogging. At half-time and 0-0, with things not quite clicking I have to admit I was a bit nervy. When we'd got to the hour mark with scoring I was doing my utmost to quash my inner DoomLord.

Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin has lifted the lid on what Arsene Wenger said to his side in the locker room during half time of their Carling Cup semifinal match. The Gunners were struggling to overcome a tricky Ipswich side following their first leg defeat to the Championship side, but they took control of the second leg and now find themselves booking a trip to Wembley.