Birmingham City’s official Twitter account recently made a post sharing footage of Nikola Zigic’s “late winner” from the Blues’ 2-1 victory over Aston Villa in the 2010/11 League Cup quarter-final.
After being tied at 1-1 since the 30th minute of the game, Zigic managed to pounce on a low cross from Cameron Jerome to bag an 84th-minute winner and send the Blues into the 2010/11 League Cup semi-finals.
There was no shortage of drama in Birmingham City’s run in the 2010/11 League Cup. This late winner versus Aston Villa came after the Blues scraped through a round of 16 tie with Brentford on penalties, and was followed by a second leg extra-time win over West Ham United in the semi-finals.
Some Birmingham City fans have been reacting to this footage of Zigic’s late winner in their 2010/11 League Cup quarter-final clash with Aston Villa on social media. Read the reactions of some Blues fans to this footage in the tweets below.
? That late late winner…
Nikola Zigic sending us through to the Carling Cup semi-finals is the #MomentOfTheDay! ? pic.twitter.com/7pvq3ujCeD
— Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) March 18, 2020
And on our way to becoming the only side in the West Midlands to actually win anything of note this century. Zigic: the big man for the big occasion ?
— MJB (@russianbotMB) March 18, 2020
Could watch that forever???
— Daz (@Dasmustin) March 18, 2020
I remember being stood behind that waiting for the ball to drop into the net, seemed like hours haha! What a team that was
— Jamie Harper (@RunJamieHarper) March 18, 2020
legend
— Ellis (@_Ellis_M) March 18, 2020
I love hearing the misery in Alan Smith’s voice
— Jesbo (@jesbojb) March 18, 2020
@luketodd01 ? ?
— Brad (@braddd001) March 18, 2020
The final wasn’t bad either. I’ll take the cup win over relegation.
— Dave Bailey (@DMSBailey) March 18, 2020
What do we think?
Considering that Birmingham City and Aston Villa have had a historic rivalry, it may be understandable why some Blues fans will look back at this moment from their 2010/11 League Cup journey with particular fondness.
Birmingham City went on to win this competition, giving them their second ever League Cup trophy. It may add the icing on the cake for some Blues fans that they managed to knock off their Second City rivals on their journey to the trophy.