There was more tactical mastery from Guus Hiddink tonight as he steered Russia to a 3-0 thumping of Finland.
Andrei Arshavin captained the exceptionally well behaved Russians to victory, while ex-Liverpool and Finnish skipper Sami Hyypia could not prevent his side from picking up three yellow cards.
Dynamo Moscow forward Aleksandr Kerzhakov bagged himself a double in Helsinki, opening the scoring on 26 minutes thus giving the visitors the advantage before the break.
Kerzhakov netted his second soon after the restart, with Konstantin Zyryanov tying the game up with a goal 20 minutes from time.
The win brings Russia's point tally to 15, stamping authority on the second place spot in Group 4 and moving to just a single point behind group leaders Germany.
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