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<\/p>\nTomoki Iwata and Kyogo Furuhashi missed Birmingham City’s narrow FA Cup defeat to Leeds United<\/p>\n
Tomoki Iwata of Birmingham City<\/p>\n
Tomoki Iwata and Kyogo Furuhashi missed Birmingham City\u2019s<\/a> pulsating FA Cup tie against Leeds United with injuries.<\/p>\n Iwata \u2013 who lit up the FA Cup<\/a> this time last year with a belter against Newcastle United \u2013 and his compatriot Kyogo were notable absentees from Blues\u2019 squad against Leeds.<\/p>\n Blues pushed the Premier League side all the way without their Japanese duo before losing 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out. Patrick Roberts cancelled out Lukas Nmecha\u2019s opening goal to force extra-time.<\/p>\n Ensure our latest headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Asked why Iwata and Kyogo weren\u2019t involved in his post-match press conference, Davies said: \u201cBoth injury issues but not big ones. I\u2019m pretty sure they are both minor ones.\u201d<\/p>\n Iwata was rested by Davies in midweek as Blues drew 0-0 with West Bromwich Albion having been forced to manage some niggles.<\/p>\n That was the only Championship game this season that Iwata hasn\u2019t started that he has been available for.<\/p>\n He took a whack on the hip at Oxford United two weeks ago and Davies has revealed that isn\u2019t the only problem Iwata has been dealing with.<\/p>\n Davies added: \u201cHe\u2019s got a couple of things. He\u2019s been playing more minutes than anyone else and naturally he\u2019s taken a bit of a break but we\u2019re confident that he\u2019s feeling better day by day so I\u2019m hoping he\u2019ll be OK moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n Should Iwata regain his place at right-back? Let us know in the comments…<\/a>Get the latest Blues headlines sent straight to your phone<\/p>\n BirminghamLive has its very own Birmingham City<\/a> WhatsApp community to deliver the latest headlines straight to your phone. Just click this link<\/a> to receive daily Blues content and breaking news. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like. Click on the name at the top of your screen while in WhatsApp and click ‘Exit Group’. Read our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tomoki Iwata and Kyogo Furuhashi missed Birmingham City’s narrow FA Cup defeat to Leeds United Tomoki Iwata of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,1205,748,393,4884,10109,2922,14864,16,15],"class_list":["post-767187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-birmingham-city-fc","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-kyogo-furuhashi","tag-leeds-united","tag-tomoki-iwata","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116077571848410943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}