Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hailed Andrey Arshavin's versatility after the Russian's goal scoring performance against Blackburn.

"He has intelligence, vision and talent to pass one against one. His second goal was an example of that. I changed him at half time and put him on the left but he can play right, central or left. You ask any good football player where he wants to play he will say central," Wenger told arsenal.com.

"He had four stitches in his foot at half time, it is cut along the outside completely and the doctor had to make four stitches at the break. We delayed kick off a bit because of that."