{"id":284553,"date":"2011-02-28T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/jack-wilshere-blasts-birminghams-barry-ferguson-for-slapping-arsenal-team-mate-laurent-koscielny-after-league-cup-winning-goal\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:12:00","slug":"jack-wilshere-blasts-birminghams-barry-ferguson-for-slapping-arsenal-team-mate-laurent-koscielny-after-league-cup-winning-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/jack-wilshere-blasts-birminghams-barry-ferguson-for-slapping-arsenal-team-mate-laurent-koscielny-after-league-cup-winning-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Wilshere blasts Birmingham&#8217;s Barry Ferguson for slapping Arsenal team-mate Laurent Koscielny after League Cup-winning goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Richards<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 14:12:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.5255060729\">\n<div readability=\"13.2985074627\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jack Wilshere - Arsenal, (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1250eb64112977_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jack Wilshere &#8211; Arsenal, (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"17.6021297193\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/23057\/jack-wilshere\">Jack Wilshere<\/a> has hit out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/1301\/barry-ferguson\">Barry Ferguson<\/a> for slapping <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/31471\/laurent-koscielny\">Laurent Koscielny<\/a> following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham City<\/a>&#8216;s winning goal in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/scores\/results\/122\/carling-cup\">League Cup<\/a> final.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred following the mix-up between the French defender and young &#8216;keeper Wojciech Szczesny, which allowed Blues striker Obafemi Martins to tap home an easy winner in the 89th minute.<\/p>\n<p>19-year-old Wilshere, a full England international, tweeted: &#8220;Well done to the BCFC player who slapped Koscielny on the head when they scored, very big of you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pictures clearly show that the player in question is Birmingham&#8217;s former Rangers midfielder Ferguson, and he and Wilshere had a coming together in injury time as the match slipped away from Arsene Wenger&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham emerged victorious at Wembley thanks to goals from towering striker Nikola Zigic and the on-loan Martins, while Arsenal&#8217;s solitary strike came from Robin van Persie.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1250eb64112977_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2920\/league-cup\/2011\/02\/28\/2372905\/jack-wilshere-blasts-birminghams-barry-ferguson-for-slapping\" title=\"Jack Wilshere blasts Birmingham's Barry Ferguson for slapping Arsenal team-mate Laurent Koscielny after League Cup-winning goal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Wilshere blasts Birmingham&#8217;s Barry Ferguson for slapping Arsenal team-mate Laurent Koscielny after League Cup-winning goal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Richards 28 Feb 2011 14:12:00 Jack Wilshere &#8211; Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has hit out at Barry Ferguson for slapping Laurent Koscielny following Birmingham City &#8216;s winning goal in the League Cup final. The incident occurred following the mix-up between the French defender and young &#8216;keeper Wojciech Szczesny, which allowed Blues striker Obafemi Martins to tap home an easy winner in the 89th minute. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jack Wilshere blasts Birmingham&#039;s Barry Ferguson for slapping Arsenal team-mate Laurent Koscielny after League Cup-winning goal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/jack-wilshere-blasts-birminghams-barry-ferguson-for-slapping-arsenal-team-mate-laurent-koscielny-after-league-cup-winning-goal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Jack Wilshere blasts Birmingham&#039;s Barry Ferguson for slapping Arsenal team-mate Laurent Koscielny after League Cup-winning goal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Richards 28 Feb 2011 14:12:00 Jack Wilshere - Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has hit out at Barry Ferguson for slapping Laurent Koscielny following Birmingham City &#039;s winning goal in the League Cup final. 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