'First goal rocked us'

Birmingham City manager Chris Davies spoke to BBC WM following their 3-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough.

"Very disappointing. We haven't had many nights like this at home since I've been here," he said.

"It was a good start, we really got after them, we were on the front foot, exactly the type of start we wanted to make and then a goal out of nothing really. It's a really soft goal from our point of view.

"It rocked us a little bit and then the second goal was really poor, some wrong decisions, we end up in a ridiculous situation where it's bouncing around our box and they score.

"It gave us a lot to do against a good team and from that point, I wasn't happy with how we responded. We played back too much, we stopped running forward.

"Second half, we came out with more impetus, more forward runs, got ourselves into a great position with a good goal but the third goal was a killer. Once that went in, it was very difficult to get something.

"So yes, a tough one."