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Roman Pavlyuchenko, who is struggling to establish himself as a regular in Tottenham's starting line-up, scored one goal and laid on the other as Russia strengthened their challenge for a place in the World Cup finals with a 2-0 victory over Azerbaijan in Moscow.
Arsenal's Andrei Arshavin was influential in giving Russia control of the Group Four match, but they could not find a way past the Azeri defence until Pavlyuchenko bam-boozled the goalkeeper, Farhad Veliyev, with a free-kick from 25 yards in the 32nd minute. The Spurs striker then threaded a pass through for Konstantin Zyryanov to add the second from close range in the 71st minute and wrap up an unconvincing victor
