HIGHLIGHTS | Birmingham City 2-1 Wigan Athletic | Scott Wright sparks SCENES 🤩

well here they come out of the tunnel there goes the pyros as Tom Wagner and Co turn up the heat on the competition in the division and making them I'm sure a football conversation around the country but today it has to all come to fruition with three points being Paramount orian do it last week um so I think teams feel like they can go in High Press um and it's up to Blues to play out like they had just have now uh to break that press and get on the ascendency and it's cockran striding forward first opening for him down the left hand side Hansen ties the by line inside the penalty era right fo the cross Alfie may interest as was Ethan LED who connected brilliantly it took a wig and Body in there to the can it away from goal Hansen steward the opportunity and forces the save out of Sam tickle lightning start from Blues great start and it all come from Cochran at left back as well as I said Blues beating that High Press from Wigan all of a sudden there's grass to run into and Cochran fair play he at that grass up Hansen then cut him back onto his favored right foot and Ethan Le timed his run really really well uh caught it perfectly and we were right behind it weren't we and that was nestling so yeah he'll be a real key this year for blues Kristoff Clara who starts once again at the back as Sanderson continues to nurse a fit injury vamson hacking away at a deco in the Midfield it's the wiger man who comes out on top and this is Smith out wide to Chambers on loan from Liverpool Rankin now Smith look a catch PE up Farrell out at his near post shaped across I'm not sure if he that probably a minute or so ago on that left hand side simple ball into Alfie May and yeah Blues just not settled or got into any rhythm at the moment and again you got to credit the visitors cuz the pressure that they've um they're putting Blues under and the energy that they've showed early in this game uh so yeah Blues just need to settle a little bit and uh just start connecting a few more passes you we keep talking about opposition tactics coming here but that's a great ball by claraa to find vson in the middle and V's play through Alfie May flag stays down only one result he is inevitable four goals in four League games and he makes it look so easy vill willamson receives the ball in the center circle turns out beautiful ball to split the Wigan defense apart and as soon as Alfie May was one-on-one with the goalkeeper there was only one result Darren Carter yeah and again we've talked about it haven't we all through the the opening of this game the pressure that Wigan have put Blues on Blues have struggled to find that pass but there is your reward great pass to Williamson all of a sudden Acres of room in the middle Asgard left hand side rare attack for Wigan Asgard goes for goal same effort straight down the throat of Bailey peacock foul on a straightforward catch slightly sloppy in instances um but again if they can get it right what a ball by Le to find Harris and we're going to stretch Harris edge of the penalty area goes it Hansen dancing in thir in his right foot pulls the trigger denied by tickle there's vson on the followup denied by tickle in his near post who got down well Blues though from defense to attack in a heartbeat wian though going a good job at repelling us what a ball by Clara inside Channel lead's ball across the penalty area blocked once again by a black shirt but it will come again Taylor Gardner Hickman urg to shoot drags onto his left foot brilliant turn by vson it's villan vamson stumbled in the penalty air as he looked to barge his way between two Wigan bodies link things up for Wigan Athletic hugle made the burst between the two blue center backs Beck was there to cover but it's broken for carer down the right hand side asks a lot of Ado but he can smuggle it out to Chambers now ranking wian looking to finish the first half off with flair stop towards the back stick there was asgar attacking it had to be beaten Away by Bailey peacock Farrell and Asgard reloads inside the penalty area more up than out by Blues as Taylor G the Hickman heads away only as far as Matt Smith heads of the penalty area Smith burst down the left hand side produces a cross into the penalty area that's fielded by claraa but Wigan having a late surge in this first half it's with amson Wigan camped inside the blues penalty area carrier Far Side just shy the corner flag ad Deco delivers a decent ball had to be dealt with and um credit rson given as good as he's get in and there is the halftime whistle to bring an end to another impressive 45 yeah Blues leading on the score sheet by Golden Nill it's all about being ruthless and turning the screw course marked his arrival at St Andrews at nighthead Park in Rangers blue by getting on the score sheet in pre-season and that convinced Blues to go after his signature and let's see what he can do in a royal blue jersey so right and Samad on Harris and Ethan lead off and their first brunt of the action is to face this Wigan Corner their first of the second half only their second of the afternoon and Chambers on this near side where the main stand meets the Gil Merck left footed decent delivery Clara is up for blues to head more up than out and Taylor Garder Hickman flicks it on only brought down by Smith for for Wigan Athletic here's ceson it's a good ball to split the defense down the right into the middle hugill connected with it from the penalty spot but couldn't generate enough Venom enough power to beat biley peacock foul and it was a simple head uh simple save in the end yeah it was and uh Blues just switched off slightly um after the corner they come out and came out and didn't mark and all of a sudden there was just a little bit of space wasn't it um for ranking and he got his head up and yeah certainly had a already had an impact Steven ceson as he launches this throw in the penalty area fielded by Beck hit by Rankin fielded on the goal line by Bailey peacock Farrell cross come shot from the Winger that was well Marshall by the blues goalkeeper claraa looking long down the Right Touch line for Scott Wright he tries a nonchalant flicking field but the ball had just escaped the field of play how the blues deal with that then the tactic that you've just picked up on the switch from from Wigan with their inverted fullback is it about packing the numbers back into that Midfield then to to to screen that yeah I think it's more about screening took a risk turning in field closed down by a number of black shirts Beck looks for a driven ball up towards right who was playing on the shoulder the last man it's well fielded by Wigan and there's Smith we worked out to this near side the right for Rankin who's been a real threat down this right flank for Wigan s San likewise rolls in field to Smith Smith that's a smart ball for Asgard who gets the ball out of his feet and it's swm through Bailey peacock Farrell and Wigan have a reward for their second half pressure and it's come through phow Asgard Edge the penalty area purchase himself some yards fired straight down the throat of bayy peacock farl and it's squeezed through the blue shot stopper and after our first half dominance we are all square here at St Andrews at nighthead Park yeah and we said it didn't we all the way through the first half when you're so dominant and you've got control it's going to be interesting how as you say Blues can use that to their advantage so Wigan down to 10 blues looking to press home that Advantage we let Wigan off the hook in the first half that can't happen in the final 15 minutes here at St Andrews at nighthead Park three three precious points at home on the table yuyama gliding in field and releasing an effort bending towards that far Corner caught and held by Sam tickle yeah and already uh all of a sudden now the blue uh the game could takes a completely different form and shape doesn't it with the visitors going a man down obviously their own doing um just gives Blues an Avenue now to to take back some control in this game and build some ascendancy but they've got to be able now to recognize where the the SP man is keep moving the ball keep shifting and it's so important when you've got that advantage that you keep moving the ball and quickly um make sure that Wigan can't cover the ground and you create these spaces andex Cochran he's a searching ball for yokoyama 10 minutes to go here at St Andrews at nigh Head Park all square Asgard strike squeezing through the grasp with Bailey peacock foul to cancel Alfie May's goal in the first half as Samad digs out across that's fielded by Wigan at the back Kristoff claraa swings in the ball into the penalty era DK's got up vamson showing an interest hooked Away by Wigan Asgard stopped in his tracks by peek and peek will pull the trigger beaten Away by tickle this man Advantage Scott Smith holding off Yakama as uh a ball squeezed down the left hand side makes his way to the Wigan goalkeeper tickle and he continues to gesticulate towards the fourth official despite his warnings Sunny Gill has his back turned to the situation uh meanwhile we have a corner kick flicked on by Beck nobody home to take advantage Leonard gets the loose ball down the left hand side held back by Chambers Leonard slightly isolated forced all the way back to Alex Cochran Cochran Square to yokoyama center of the park sprays it across to to PC sonho PC's delivery clarao was waiting at the back stick nodded back across the six-yard Box Beck throws himself at it and blues can't KN it towards goal and wigin somehow again scrambled to safety four minutes to go Relentless Blues pressure yuyama let's fly wasn't too far away from our angle looked like it might Nestle in that top Corner yuyama meanwhile Making Tracks down the left hand side 9 Minutes of added time as blue swinging into the penalty area yeah i' you know take that I think there has certainly been a lot of stoppages in this second half so credit to the officiating group for adding it on yeah Wigan have certainly delved into the dark Hearts book at times in this second half we need to make them pay the price 9 Minutes of added on time we're 10 seconds into that with another Corner peek delivers bimson arriving pinball the penalty ER right it's all right on the night bedum in the Tilton and blues have surely won it well again we said you've got to keep the pressure on and again a ball into the box it's pinballing around and credit to claraa I think it was bamson who kept it alive the ball rebounding around you just want it to fall to a blue shirt and who's on the spot the new man Scott Wright and fair play to him cuz he had a two Defenders and the goalkeeper rushing him but he lifted into the roof of the net and what a celebration by the way by Chris Davis he done a a an absolute lap of the pitch almost cuz he knows how big of a goal that can be be and whatever way has been needed Blues have had to find it it's going to be a really hard fought three points if they can see out these next sort of 90 seconds Cochran fires forward Lyndon dikes under it breaks for willamson and now right and right looks to bend one wasn't too far away brilliant hit by Scott Wright just per meres himself a few yards on his right foot from the angle to bend it towards that far post and just over the upright begging for the full-time whistle all eyes on referee Sunny Gil pek breaks for right in the middle the hero of the day so far but it's broken for Asgard and there was right to stifle him before he got up to speed Blue's still battling dkes his pass is misplaced and there it is blues have won it in stoppage time and there are some ways to make your blue debut want to remember