Birmingham Share Points with 10-Man Derby County in Feisty Stalemate
The Birmingham defender netted a controversial equaliser for Birmingham City.
A man down, Derby County secured Birmingham City to a share of the spoils in a feisty encounter at their home ground in which both sides ended with a player dismissed.
Game Overview
Derby County opened the scoring via Patrick Agyemang on 27 minutes but were forced to play the majority of the match with ten men after their midfielder was shown a red card right on the stroke of the interval after receiving his second yellow card.
The Birmingham defender pulled one back, and Birmingham also ended the match with ten players after skipper Christoph Klarer was given his marching orders in stoppage time for a high-footed challenge.
Controversy and Drama
This was a contentious and ill-tempered match, with Klarer lucky to escape a second yellow card in the earlier stages in the second half before his karate-style challenge on the Derby substitute.
And Robinson's equaliser appeared suspiciously like a handball offense.
Final Pressure
The home side, whose winless run stretched to five matches with this draw, rattled the crossbar in the dying moments as they searched in vain for a decisive goal.
{A fixture defined by dismissals and controversial decisions ended all square at St Andrew's.
Match Points
- Patrick Agyemang scored the opening goal.
- Derby's Ward sent off for a second yellow cards.
- Jack Robinson equalised a debatable strike.
- Birmingham's captain dismissed in stoppage time.
- The Blues hit the woodwork in the final stages.
More details to come.
