Arshavin left stunned by Premier League foes

• zocoss

  1 May 09, 21:55

  Have you seen the size of Micah Richards? Arsenal ace Arshavin left stunned by Premier League foes
  

   

   

  Huge and Powerful : Robert Huth & Micah Richards

   

  Andrey Arshavin admits he has been left stunned by the sheer size of his Barclays Premier League opponents.

  The Russian star has settled in well at Arsenal after making his £15million switch from Zenit St Petersburg in January.

  But Arshavin says he has struggled to come to terms with the physical battles in this country - highlighting Manchester City's Micah Richards and Middlesbrough's Robert Huth as fearsome foes.

   

  

  Land of the giants: Andrey Arshavin (centre) has overcome big challenges.

   

  ‘I didn’t expect it to be easy to adapt to English football,' he said. 'In Russia, I never had to face such physical battles.

  'If I jump for the ball and a defender pushes me in Russia, the whistle would blow every time. Here it never does.

  'But it’s up to me to change what I do on the pitch — better movement, quicker decision-making.

  'I’m not afraid to be in a battle but if it’s a Micah Richards or a Robert Huth I’m up against? I’m only half their size!

  'When the defenders are that big, you can’t fight them. You have to use your brain against them.'

• Patrik

  1 May 09, 22:22

  Whats his height???

• Pitot

  1 May 09, 22:25

  lol, and they say only short people play football.

• alwaysdisturbed

  1 May 09, 22:42

  Look at this.

• Pitot

  1 May 09, 22:45

  you can be short, but u must be powerful, like tevez and rooney and essien.

• zocoss

  1 May 09, 22:59

  Arshavin is said to be about 5.6 feet or 1.72m...

  Robert Huth, Ballack is 1.88m...  or about 6.2 feet. Drogba also the same...

  Micah Richards, 1.8m.

  Alex, 1.83m...

   

• sand king

  2 May 09, 07:08

  The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

• popmynutsy

  2 May 09, 08:41

  haha. he cant expect every player to be peter crouch and bbt.

• Aang

  2 May 09, 10:19

  since he wans to come to EPL, he has to adapt to the style here mah..

• reyes

  2 May 09, 19:02

  he is just making a comment. he is not shying away from challenge.

  the nos of goals he has score just show he can adapt fast.i hope he can be a marc overmars.

   

   

• Aang

  2 May 09, 19:09

  Originally posted by reyes:

  he is just making a comment. he is not shying away from challenge.

  the nos of goals he has score just show he can adapt fast.i hope he can be a marc overmars.

   

   

  how many goals did he score????