Chris Davies was speaking after Birmingham City’s away defeat to Middlesbrough in the Championship
Birmingham City’s Paik Seung-ho (centre) is helped from the pitch
Birmingham City will assess Paik Seung-ho in the coming days after the midfielder dislocated his shoulder in their defeat to Middlesbrough.
Paik was an early casualty at the Riverside in a game where goals from Boro pair Dael Fry and Hayden Hackney ensured Demarai Gray’s third of the season counted for nothing.
The South Korea international challenged for a header inside the first minute near the left touchline before landing awkwardly.
Paik, who arrived at the Riverside having scored in his previous two games, received lengthy treatment on the field before being replaced by Marc Leonard in the fifth minute.
Asked whether Paik’s shoulder popped out on the field, Blues boss Chris Davies replied: “I believe so.”
He added: “We don’t know exactly (the extent), he’s obviously landed on his shoulder and looked to be in a lot of discomfort which is not nice.
“He’s a massive player for us and hasn’t been injured much at all, to see him down like that was really unpleasant.
“We’ll see in the next few hours or days what the extent of that injury is.”
Paik now looks set to miss out on another international cap when South Korea play Bolivia next week.
The 28-year-old has been a regular in South Korea’s squads over the past 12 months and will hope that his injury doesn’t result in a lay-off.
Blues were disrupted by Paik’s early injury but recovered to hold their own against one of the Championship’s leading teams.
Blues created the better chances after half-time with Jay Stansfield, Patrick Roberts and Tomoki Iwata all guilty of failing to beat home goalkeeper Sol Brynn.
Reflecting on a fifth away defeat of the season, Davies said: “Looking at it overall I think we did deserve something from the match, we just couldn’t quite get the last touch or the last finish but we created enough.
“We had enough possession and more territory, everything that you want in a game and we work towards. We were the better team in the match but we just couldn’t quite get the goal to get something out of it.”
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