Sorrell is a Cambridge and Harvard graduate from North London, a self-described "bean counter" who made his mark as the finance director of the ad gurus, Charles and Maurice Saatchi.
Both sides were relying on the counter attack in a cagey tactical affair and just after the half hour mark a classic Russian break saw Arshavin bear down on the Dutch goal to send in a low curler which Edwin van der Sar tipped around the post.