Zenit St Petersburg manager Luciano Spaletti discusses his side’s upcoming top of the table clash with Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League.
With joint-Russian league leaders Zenit St Petersburg preparing to face Spartak Moscow in a top of the table clash on Saturday, manager Luciano Spalletti found himself defending his recent tendency to leave Russian star Andrey Arshavin out of the team.
Arshavin has only played a full 90 minutes once this season and has regularly had to settle with a place on the Zenit bench.
Spalletti was in blunt form when asked about why he has been leaving the 32-year-old midfielder out of his starting line-ups.
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Having only lost one game in the league so far this season the Italian manager is in no hurry to rush Arshavin back into the side.
Zenit host Spartak at the Stadion Petrovsky on Saturday afternoon
