Birmingham City manager Chris Davies was speaking after the 2-1 defeat to QPR
Birmingham City manager Chris Davies (Image: Michael Zemanek/Shutterstock)
Birmingham City’s away day misery can’t continue after Queens Park Rangers inflicted a seventh defeat in 11 Championship matches thanks to Kieran Morgan’s 96th minute strike.
Chris Davies made that concession after another pointless trip away from St Andrew’s.
Blues were on course for a point at Loftus Road after Patrick Roberts cancelled out Jimmy Dunne’s opener in the 93rd minute.
Three minutes later Morgan rifled a shot beyond James Beadle’s grasp to ensure Blues left London empty-handed.
“It’s a painful defeat for us, as painful as it gets in the last minutes,” said Davies. “To concede the winning goal in the last seconds of the game is very disappointing.
“In terms of the game, I thought we were probably too slow in that first half. The main problem was the first goal in some ways more than the last goal because again we’ve given ourselves a lot to do. It’s a really sloppy goal when I didn’t think there was too much in the game at that point.
“I didn’t think there was much football on show from either team, it was quite scrappy as I predicted it would be. We need to get in at half-time at 0-0 at least and build from there but because we’re unable to do that we’ve got a lot to do.”
With eight points to show from their 11 away days, Blues are one of the worst travellers in the Championship.
They are being carried along by a terrific home record and the pressure is on to maintain it.
Davies added: “We’ve got to be good away from home as well as at home. We can’t win all the time at home so we need to improve across the board.
“It’s a long season and we’re going to have all sorts of challenges, all sorts of tests, and this is another one tonight that will really test the group, their mentality, how we respond, and if we’re going to be successful we have to face this kind of adversity.”
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