Birmingham City end goal drought in narrow win over John Eustace's Blackburn
Birmingham World reporter Charlie Haffenden's thoughts after Birmingham City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers in the Sky Bet Championship.
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00:00 Birmingham City have won a game of football here against Blackburn Rovers.
00:05 John Eustace's Blackburn Rovers no less. The ex-Blues manager coming here
00:09 returning to St. Andrews at Nighthead Park. Not the return he would have wanted.
00:13 He only became Blackburn manager just a few days ago and a frustrating night for
00:17 him as Rovers were dominated by Blues throughout the game. Blues should have
00:21 been out of sight. Just a 1-0 win. Should have been 2, 3 maybe 4. Actually only
00:25 three shots on target which doesn't tell the story I've just told but they should
00:30 have been so more. Once again clear-cut chances, missing the target, not even
00:33 testing the goalkeeper Ashley Pairs. I think it was just once again a
00:39 lack of confidence maybe in front of goal. Tony Mowbray would be so frustrated
00:43 that those chances weren't converted. Tyler Roberts had a really good game
00:46 tonight but was let down by two clear-cut misses. He could have had two
00:50 or three on another night. Koji Miyoshi played really well. Peik Sung Ho as well.
00:54 It was a planned substitution in the second half. That's why he went off. He's
00:58 not quite got the fitness yet but when he gets going and he can play 90 minutes
01:01 he's gonna be a game-changer because wow his technical ability on the ball. He
01:05 looks well beyond a lot of the other Blues players in the team and
01:09 that's no disrespect to the rest of the Blues squad. Peik looks very
01:12 very good for this level. 1-0 win. It's a crucial three points. It moves Blues six
01:17 points clear of Queens Park Rangers in 20 seconds. I don't think Birmingham are in
01:22 relegation scrap even if they'd lost tonight. I still think they've got the
01:25 quality in the squad. They're showing it with their performances as well, creating
01:28 so many chances. They just need to put more of them away. They're making it too difficult
01:32 for themselves and Mowbray, he was away from the touchline. He had a touchline
01:35 ban tonight. I was picking up a third yellow of the season away at Sheffield
01:38 Wednesday and I could see him just below me and he wasn't even looking
01:43 frustrated to be honest. He was just there sat so calm but just with a annoyed look on
01:48 his face really just in disbelief that Birmingham hadn't opened the scoring
01:51 sooner but it did in the end. Blackburn had a very late chance actually. Last
01:55 header of the game, last touch of the game. The captain should have scored but
01:58 John Ruddy got behind it. A let off at the end for Blues. It could have been 1-1
02:02 and that really would have told the story. They couldn't convert and they'd
02:05 be ruining their chances but as it is a big three points and now they need to
02:09 work on it. Some tough fixtures to come but lots of confidence to be taken.