Arsenal winged wonder Theo Walcott has admitted he told Andrey Arshavin to keep his mouth shut during the Gunners' 3-0 win at Portsmouth, when the Russian tried to prevent the referee from awarding a penalty.
Arsene Wenger's £15 million signing from Zenit St Petersburg has
exploded onto the Premier League scene scoring six goals in 10 league
outings, including four against Liverpool at Anfield.
And he gained further plaudits at Fratton Park after wagging his finger
at official Lee Mason's decision to penalise Sean Davis' challenge on
him inside the danger-zone.
Despite the playmaker's honesty, the penalty stood and Nicklas Bendtner successfully converted it to hand the visitors a 2-0 lead.
But Walcott has since admitted he was quick to teach Arshavin - who captained the side at Portsmouth - about the dark side of the English game.
"I saw Andrey doing it and I ran over to him, because if you're 1-0 up away from home and the referee's given a penalty you don't want to tell him it's not one," he said in the Daily Telegraph.
"So I grabbed him and said not to worry about it, I know it's not nice but if you want to win a game you need to take these things.
"It just showed what an honest guy he is, but when you're going for the win I suppose you need to do the dirty things.
"We'd had a penalty shout with Carlos [Vela] earlier so I think these situations just even themselves out."
wtf..
walcott can go join barcelona!
Yeh, so maybe diving is needed to win games nowadays too. Lets no penalise them anymore.
Good job by Drogba, Ronaldo and co who attempts to dive. It shows they realised the dark side of the primier league and these little tricks and fouls will even themselves out.
walcott's mentality sux. He will never make it big.
Originally posted by jgho83:Yeh, so maybe diving is needed to win games nowadays too. Lets no penalise them anymore.
Good job by Drogba, Ronaldo and co who attempts to dive. It shows they realised the dark side of the primier league and these little tricks and fouls will even themselves out.
drogba dive for 2 season get 2 tittle
when stop diving score a lot but no tittle 
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Walcott, so young... learning the ropes...
lol
young leading e young
Topic title seems a bit harsh.
haha reminds me of fowler.. lawls
Originally posted by dinky1409:haha reminds me of fowler.. lawls
Yep, it was involving David Seaman when he still had his ponytail.
Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin admits he's after the shirt of Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo this weekend - for wife, Yulia.
"I do not like to swap shirts with opponents," he said. "I only tried to do it once before - just for my wife. She asked me to bring her Cristiano Ronaldo's jersey.
"She likes him very much as a player. But my attempt to do it after our national team match against Portugal failed."
bro, can go and buy @ nike store.... :P
hahas i think she wana scandal wit ronaldo lah lawls..
Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin is looking forward to facing Manchester United.
Arshavin was Cup-tied from their Champions League defeat to United and said: "After that game our players were deeply upset, I can even put it like this - they felt crushed. At the Emirates, United showed outstanding football.
"But that only adds interest to this next match against this team: we have a lot to prove both to ourselves and to them.
"We'll only manage to win if we can find their weaknesses, which is not easy. On the surface only strong features are visible.
"A very good goalkeeper, probably the best defence in the world - and a perfect attacking line with Rooney, Berbatov and particularly Ronaldo.
"The Portuguese forward generally means a lot for them - take him away and United would be much weaker."
Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin has stoked the fires ahead of the Gunners' weekend trip to face Premier League champions-elect Manchester United, by claiming the Red Devils would be weak without Cristiano Ronaldo.
The diminutive Russian was sent home from training last week due to illness, forcing him to miss the club's humiliating 4-1 defeat to Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium.
And he was also absent from Arsenal's 3-1 Champions League semi-final defeat to Sir Alex Ferguson's side through ineligibility, with Ronaldo netting twice, including a long-range free-kick after just 11 minutes to all-but ended the Gunners' slim hopes of reaching the Rome final (pictured).
The 27-year-old is now eager to return and help Arsene Wenger's side gain revenge for their European exit to United, and stall their league title celebrations in the process, with the Red Devils needing a draw to secure their 18th domestic crown.
"The Portuguese forward generally means a lot for them, take him away and United would be much weaker," he said.
"We'll only manage to win if we can find their weaknesses, which is not easy. On the surface only strong features are visible.
"A very good goalkeeper, probably the best defence in the world, and a perfect attacking line with Rooney, Berbatov and particularly Ronaldo."
maybe man utd shld try.. not playing ronaldo when they vs gd teams like barcelona
Originally posted by Aang:maybe man utd shld try.. not playing ronaldo when they vs gd teams like barcelona
can.. when after season over, and they organise friendlies lor...
halo, you think play play huh?? :P
Originally posted by limpper:"The Portuguese forward generally means a lot for them - take him away and United would be much weaker."
He didn't watch last season's FA cup 5th round. 
Yes, talk more so that the United players will take note and not get complacent and think the title is over then take it easy... Good job... Looking forward to watch him play too...
Hope Almunia don't start... and Fabianski plays... 
and back gibbs to fall again?
Originally posted by limpper:and back gibbs to fall again?
Gibbs didn't fall, he just slipped... 
Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:He didn't watch last season's FA cup 5th round.
Actually, what he says is quite true. Without Ronaldo, Man U are not as strong. That however doesn't necessarily mean they are easy to beat if Ronaldo is not playing.
ronaldo was out with injury some point during the season.. just see how they fared at that period loh