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Van Persie happy to be on Arsenal scorsheet in Birmingham win

Robin van Persie was delighted to get on the Arsenal scoresheet in victory at Birmingham City.

A Van Persie free-kick and Samir Nasri's 13th goal of the season put the visitors in control before an own goal from Roger Johnson added to Brum's misery.

Van Persie told ESPN: "Birmingham has a great side, they work unbelievably hard and have got points from big games. We knew that and everyone worked quite hard for each other and we got some good goals."

Asked about the debatable free-kick from which he scored, Van Persie insisted: "There was contact before, that's why I was out of balance and went down. It was a clear free-kick."

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