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Wayne Rooney denied first victory as Birmingham City blow 2-0 lead against Ipswich Town
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04/11/2023
Post-match reaction from St Andrew's after Birmingham City 2-2 Ipswich Town in the Sky Bet Championship.
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Birmingham City 2, Ipswich Town 2 here at St. Andrews Stadium. Wayne Rooney denied
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his first victory as Blues boss at the fourth time of asking. He thought he was
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gonna get it, Blues were 2-0 up but a late fightback from the Tractor Boys and
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tiring legs from Birmingham meant it finished 2-2 here and it could have
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actually been probably 3-2 or 2-1 to Ipswich if it wasn't for an unfortunate
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Cameron Burgess own goal. The Ipswich defender turning in a Juninho Bacuna
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cross to make it 2-0 in the 51st minute. Before that Jay Stansfield did very well
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to go around Ipswich goalkeeper Hladacki with some superb skill, swivelled and put
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it in the goal for 1-0 in a 13th minute. It was a well-deserved lead as well at
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half-time 1-0 to Blues and it just looked like a completely different team
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under Rooney. 4-2-2-2 is what it looked like, a 4-4-2 diamond, a change of
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system, only one full-back going forward as opposed to two which was a lot better.
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They didn't look so open on the transition and they were dangerous. They
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made Ipswich, who were fighting for automatic promotion, look regular but as
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I said in that second half things did tire for Birmingham. I know that their
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system is very demanding and I don't think Rooney's men are quite there yet
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for their fitness and it showed. Some late substitutions were made, Ethan Laird
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coming off made a big difference, Christian Bielik came on, Amalian
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Longelo, they didn't really pick up the tempo of the match and Ipswich fought
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back in just the final 15 minutes or so. They were clinical, they were merciless
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and they claimed a very late point. I think it's a very good point
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for Blues going into it but coming away from being 2-0 up it's
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disappointing. But nonetheless the first point in the Rooney era, lots of
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positives to take and I'll be going to speak to Wayne Rooney now as well as
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Kieran McKenna in the post-match press conference. You can catch my player
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ratings, my match report as well as all the post-match quotes on
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