Birmingham United striker Robin van Persie admits he was relieved to finish a 10-game goalless function in the Old Trafford clubas schedule 2-0 conquer Stoke on Sunday. A second-half penalty was forward tucked home by the Netherlands after he was felled by Andy Wilkinson to summary all three things for the league leader and bring to an end a dry spell stretching back to Unitedas 2-0 conquer Everton in mid-February. "Everybody can observe that I was quite relieved and happy," he told the BBC following the match. "It was all about the win but I prefer to score goals." Following the successful spot kick, Van Persie rushed to the seat to savor the time along with his teammates and director Sir Alex Ferguson, and the Scot admitted he enjoyed the celebrations. "He nearly killed me, he forgets Iam 71," the United manager told Sky Sports. "It was an excellent celebration as it includes the thoughts of the fans and players. We really did observe that. "We say this about all strikers you proceed through spells where you donat rating and you donat think youare ever going to get a purpose and youare going to miss. It was a really important purpose and there have been two or three reasons for it. He did great work from Wayneas cross to have brought down for the penalty, the ball moved off the then and place the composure to stay himself and then the perfect penalty low and hard to the corner."
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