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Seattle Sounders striker, Clint Dempsey, has disclosed that Obafemi Martins is one of the best strike partners he has played with.

Dempsey scored two goals in Sounders 3-0 win over New England Revolution on Sunday night. One of the goals was an assist from Martins and he paid the compliment back after his assist led to the Nigerian’s goal.

And the USA international is quite impressed with their partnership.

“He’s one of the players who I’ve enjoyed playing with the most in my career. It reminds me of being a kid, of playing pick-up style. We think alike, know that if you make the right move, he’s going to find you,” he said.

“I think it’s even better because we have each other’s back. We try to give each other good looks in game so that we can get each other goals and get each other assists so we showed that we can both be unselfish and both create opportunities for each other.

“And I think that’s what it’s about, just having somebody there that’s grinding it out with you that plays a similar style as you.

“Obviously, you’ve got to give credit to the whole team because the whole team makes everything work, but it is special to play with a player like Oba.”

Sounders top the western conference of the Major League Soccer after one game.