The network in Zigic first time and the desperation of Wilshere finished the game .. Polish goalkeeper with Eboue try to comfort him. Arsenal he fails, fails to renew its board, and loses, so adventurous, a chance to win the English League Cup. Cup, brought home from Birmingham McLeish, in the middle of the fight for relegation, but returned from a year formidable last year. Wenger must give forcibly Fabregas and Walcott, Rosicky and replaced by Arshavin. Confirmed the remaining 9 / 11, including Szczesny. McLeish decides to use only Zigic, giving up the speed of Martins and Cameron Jerome. Hleb out for knee problems. great game, great frame public (90,000) to the new Wembley Stadium, where Arsenal and Birmingham will play the first trophy of the English season. The Londoners, favorites, are now offered for apprehension by the pressure of the City, that part better. Then, the play of boys Wenger begins to grow, and Birmingham began to retreat. But after two ends of Nasri and Arshavin, the 29 'Zigic affects of the head, and for a good quarter of an hour, Arsenal disappears. The Gunners raise their heads to the 39th, with the great equalizer for Van Persie after a cross struck by Wilshere. The second half opens with a resounding wood, the second in the race for Fahey, able to take advantage of indecision Djourou at the edge of the area. Throughout the second half, Arsenal is to shower the dancing, touching the goal for Arshavin, Nasri and Bertdner, but finding a super Foster, Birmingham and a fairly organized. McLeish Martins inserts in the end, to try, and his move is rewarded, thanks to more Konscielny for its own merits. For the Nigerian Birmingham and throughout the Blue is a great celebration for Wenger a wood that will be harder to digest than you think. Arsenal continued to live with the old, atavistic, a defect which continues to be identified, and the narcissism. The Gunners, having fun, they show, but like too much, and are not very concrete. Paradoxical that Wenger has solved the problem of the goalkeeper, and has impatanato the back, replacing Gallas with Konscielny. His grave error, which gave the ball to Martins, who has taken to deceive the Polish goalkeeper. Much of the victory of the City of Foster. Oba Oba Martins, we remember all, when a San Siro running and jumping like a cricket in all its goals. He ended up in the oblivion, from Newcastle, at Wolfsburg, to finish at Rubin Kazan in Russia. It seemed now a meteor, and instead decided to go at the right time, ghoti in European football. He promised 10 somersaults, his back has given him 3, for the fans of Birmingham is more than enough! Wenger decides to trust usual bubbly game with 2 pivot points and 3 half Van Persie yet to make any reference point. 4-1-4-1 start for McLeish, who has maintained a cautious attitude throughout the race. The technician Alsace, in the second half, put a bit of weight Bertdner and Chamack, unaltered form, and twirling in front of the men, to take advantage of the side bands (For example, Nasri left Bertdner right). Only in the final, the coach of the Birmingham tried to dare entering Martins, taking advantage of the weariness of Arsenal defenders. Two minutes later, Bowyer was stopped for an offside non-existent, to count, and the fact that Szczesny had landed in a foul. After that, good race conducted by Dean and his assistants. Foster is the best in the field, his neighbor across Szczesny he gets, but Konscielny betrays him. Great Carr's race, good tests Ferguson, Gardner and Zigic, went in goal. Great impact on the race at Martins and Beausejour. Good race for Sagna and Nasri, Arshavin goes intermittently. Djourou and Konscielny disastrous. Van Persie scored again, goal number 16 in 12 races. Still a good performance for Wilshere.
by http://www.goal.com/
Gol. Nikola Zigic (28), Robin van Persie (39), Obafemi Martins (89);
Arsenal. W. Szczesny, G. Clichy, J. Djourou, B. Sagna, L. Koscielny, A. Arshavin (M. Chamakh, 77), A. Song, S. Nasri, J. Wilshere, T. Rosicky, R. van Persie (N. Bendtner, 69)
Subs Not Used: S. Squillaci, E. Eboue, K. Gibbs, M. Almunia, Denilson
Birmingham. B. Foster, L. Ridgewell, S. Carr, M. Jiranek, R. Johnson, L. Bowyer, K. Fahey (O. Martins, 83), S. Larsson, B. Ferguson, C. Gardner (J. Beausejour, 50), N. Zigic (C. Jerome, 89)
Subs Not Used: S. Parnaby, K. Phillips, M. Taylor, D. Murphy
Booking: Clichy, Larsson, Koscielny, Ferguson, Jerome,
Referee: ML Dean
Attendance: 88,851
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
