'Sloppy' goals galvanised Boro - Davies

Birmingham City boss Chris Davies said that two 'sloppy' goals had a marked effect on Middlesbrough and gave them the impetus to take all three points in Saturday's game on Teesside.

Dael Fry opened the scoring before Demarai Gray equalised but a second in first-half added time from Hayden Hackney gave Boro the breathing space to see themselves over the line following the news that manager Rob Edwards was heading for talks with Wolves.

Davies told BBC WM: "We really unsettled Middlesborough, they didn't get any rhythm or control on the match, which was excellent.

"And we did make chances, but we didn't turn those chances into goals and gave away to pretty sloppy ones ourselves.

"We responded after going down in the game but conceding just before half-time was really frustrating and a soft goal, I now it took a good deflection but it was a really poor goal form our point of view.

"They were galvanised by that and we should have been better. We gave them something to hang onto and they managed to do it.

"So there was enough there, I think we did create the more chances. We had more of the ball, we had more of the territory - so we had all the things you want to try and be dominant in a match, but we just couldn't turn it into a win."

Blues are 11th in the table and will be at home to struggling Norwich City in their next game on 22 November.