{"id":283526,"date":"2011-02-27T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/27\/birmingham-city-striker-obafemi-martins-claims-league-cup-winner-against-arsenal-was-%e2%80%98the-easiest-goal-that-i%e2%80%99ve-ever-scored%e2%80%99\/"},"modified":"2011-02-27T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T18:35:00","slug":"birmingham-city-striker-obafemi-martins-claims-league-cup-winner-against-arsenal-was-the-easiest-goal-that-ive-ever-scored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/27\/birmingham-city-striker-obafemi-martins-claims-league-cup-winner-against-arsenal-was-the-easiest-goal-that-ive-ever-scored\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City striker Obafemi Martins claims League Cup winner against Arsenal was \u2018the easiest goal that I\u2019ve ever scored\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>27 Feb 2011 18:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"53.4549019608\">\n<div readability=\"16.0695652174\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Carling Cup : Obafemi Martins - Nikola Zigic, Arsenal v Birmingham City\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/5fe7f867125051_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Carling Cup : Obafemi Martins &#8211; Nikola Zigic, Arsenal v Birmingham City<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"14.2263279446\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham City<\/a> won the League Cup for the first time since 1963 by beating <a href=\"https:\/\/goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday afternoon with a goal each from <a href=\"https:\/\/goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/serbia\/10846\/nikola-zigic\">Nikola Zigic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/nigeria\/87\/obafemi-akinwunmi-martins\">Obafemi Martins<\/a> and the Nigerian striker couldn&#8217;t hide his delight at the final whistle.<br \/>Birmingham took the lead through a Zigic header after 28 minutes, a goal that was cancelled out just before half-time in the 39th minute by a great strike from Robin van Persie.<\/p>\n<p>On-loan Rubin Kazan striker Martins scored the winner with a tap-in in the 89th minute after an embarrassing mix-up between Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <em>BBC<\/em> after the game, match-winner Martins said: &#8220;I think this is the most easiest goal that I&#8217;ve ever scored in my career and it&#8217;s very important.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad I scored today and we won &#8211; I&#8217;m very happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The gaffer said to me I was going to come on in the second half and I was going to try my best. The gaffer did it right. I think it was my second touch.<\/p>\n<p readability=\"1.5\">&#8220;I am happy for the players and the fans because Birmingham needed this trophy.&#8221;<br \/><span readability=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/714b1c6993900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/73587a9693899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. 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