Chris Davies left frustrated as Birmingham share points with Derby

Birmingham boss Chris Davies felt his side deserved more than a point from their 1-1 draw against Derby in a match which saw both sides finish with 10 men.

The Rams led through Patrick Agyemang’s sixth goal of the campaign but were reduced in numbers shortly before the interval when Joe Ward was sent off for a second bookable offence.

And although Jack Robinson drew the hosts level in the 64th minute, Birmingham were unable to find the winner.

A calf injury to Demarai Gray and Christoph Klarer’s dismissal deep into stoppage time did little to help Davies’ mood, with the hosts posting 25 shots on their opponents’ goal.

“I think I’m sitting here frustrated we haven’t got the three points,” said Davies.

“I think we did enough to win the match, but it wasn’t to be.

“I really liked a lot of our play. I thought we were very good against a team that doesn’t give much away.

“I think they’ve had one shot on goal. It was a really sloppy one conceded out of nothing after they’ve had a big clearance up the pitch.

“Obviously, we got the goal and it was a case of whether we could set the second. It wasn’t to be but it wasn’t for the want of trying.”

Derby struck first via a long punt down the right by Ward to Rhian Brewster, who used his pace to outstrip Robinson down the right before lofting the ball into the area where Agyemang nodded past James Beadle.

Ward picked up the first of his two cautions for delaying the re-start and then picked up a second yellow after clipping Patrick Roberts’ heels seven minutes before the break.

Davies made a double substitution just before the hour in an effort to spark a revival and was rewarded in the 64th minute when Birmingham drew level.

Marc Leonard’s free-kick was defended by Matt Clarke and Agyemang at the far post but both managed to get in each other’s way, leaving Robinson to force the ball past Jacob Widell Zetterstrom.

Klarer’s late dismissal failed to influence the final result, and Derby boss John Eustace said: “I’m not going to lie, I was disappointed we didn’t win the game.

“Obviously, they’ve looked dangerous but then we adjusted a couple of things and we looked very comfortable.

“Patrick has scored a fantastic goal and they had a lot of possession. Birmingham are an excellent team with the ball so we had to respect that.

“They were putting a lot of crosses into our box but the way we defended them was very good.

“I’m really disappointed in the way we conceded from a free-kick. We got that set up wrong and also, it’s handball. I thought everyone could see that.”