England League Cup Final brought face to face Arsenal London and the 16th ranked in the Premier League, Birmingham City. "The Gunners" had a chance to win a trophy again after six years of drought, but couldn't rely on the Spanish superstar, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott.
Arsenal hit on their opponent's concentration and determination, the work of the manager McLeish and giant Zigic, who opened the score after half an hour of play. Wenger's students have retaliated by the acrobatic executing of Van Persie, who brought the equal five minutes before halftime.
In the second half, Foster has done wonders for Birmingham's door, blocking Nasri three times , but also Arshavin, on the other side,Fahey hitting the pillar of Arsenal's gate. In the 83rd minute the manager Alex McLeish has made perhaps the most inspired change of his career when he entered on the field the striker borrowed from Rubin Kazan, Obafemi Martins. The game was headed to overtime, but this has not agreed by the Nigerian who benefited from the lack of communication between Wojciech Szczesny and Laurent Koscielny and turned into a goal the gift offered by the two, bringing his first trophy for his team after the League Cup won in 1963.
On the other hand, Arsenal missed the chance to get the third League Cup in history, but she still remains in the fight for the Premier League title, where it's four points behind Manchester United and for Champions League, where she starts on the second leg against Barcelona at the Nou Camp from a 2-1 score.
