McLeish hails "powerful performance"

Mon, 02 Nov 08:22:12 2009

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish felt his side deserved to win after they had to settle for a goalless draw at home to Manchester City.

Goalkeeper Shay Given produced a superb display to earn City a point, making a string of fine saves including a second-half penalty stop to deny James McFadden after Nigel De Jong had been penalised for handball.

McLeish said: "We are a little bit disappointed not to get the three points. I thought it was a very powerful performance by the players and they gave everything they had.

"Just the final touch was the only thing that let us down but, other than that, how can I fault any of the performances of these players.

"I liked the performance against Sunderland last week and I've now seen two games in a row of great consistency and quality and they've got to take that forward."

 

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  1. sooooo. 2 decent attacking displays from blues on the­ trot, lets see now..... oh yes we played 2 up front in­ both of the games, lets see what happens at liverpool­ next monday shall we, back to 451 i suspect

    From REG, on Tue 3 Nov 1:00AM
  2. NO! THIS WAS THE BEST BLUES PERFORMANCE SO FAR THIS­ SEASON AND ONLY SOME FANTASTIC GOALKEEPING KEPT US OUT.­ DID YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THE MATCH?

    From Malcolm H, on Mon 2 Nov 10:41PM
  3. NO! THIS WAS THE BEST BLUES PERFORMANCE SO FAR THIS­ SEASON AND ONLY SOME FANTASTIC GOALKEEPING KEPT US OUT.­ DID YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THE MATCH?

    From Malcolm H, on Mon 2 Nov 10:39PM
  4. NO! THIS WAS THE BEST BLUES PERFORMANCE SO FAR THIS­ SEASON AND ONLY SOME FANTASTIC GOALKEEPING KEPT US OUT.­ DID YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THE MATCH?

    From Malcolm H, on Mon 2 Nov 10:39PM
  5. same old same old! the blouses trying to walk it in­ just like they did all last season! taking nothing away­ from their defence, but to be fair, i don't think­ man city can play in the cold can they?
    Wolves were not­ that far away from a draw or even a win against them­ and it was warm then!
    You can't just buy a team! it­ took chelski at least three or four seasons!

    From Chris H, on Mon 2 Nov 5:10PM
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