Birmingham City fell to their second successive Championship defeat as they lost 2-0 to high-flying Huddersfield Town on Saturday afternoon.
An unfortunate own-goal from Gary Gardner gave the visitors the lead before what can only be described as comical defending gifted the Terriers their second right before the half.
Gardner and Kristian Pedersen got in each other’s way which led to the former kicking the ball against a Huddersfield man and ricocheting it right into the path of Lewis O’Brien who prodded home one of the easiest goals of his career.
Blues also lost Lyle Taylor and Maxime Colin to injury on the day. Taylor pulled up in the warm-up whilst Colin went down with a no-contact injury early in the first-half.
As it has done all season at St Andrew’s - when it rains, it pours.
Here’s our player ratings from the clash which saw the Terriers stretch their unbeaten run to 17.
Birmingham City (4-2-3-1): Etheridge; Graham, Colin (25’ Sunjic), Pedersen, Bela; Woods, Gardner; Bacuna, James (65’ Chong), Hernandez; Jutkiewicz
Subs not used: Richards, Trueman, Oakley, Campbell
Huddersfield Town (4-3-3): Nicholls; Toffolo, Pearson, Hogg, O’Brien, Rhodes (79’ Ward), Thomas (89’ Koroma), Holmes (77’ Sinani), Turton, Colwill, Russell
Sub not used: Blackman, Ruffels, Sarr, Eiting
9. Onel Hernandez - 8*
Best player on the pitch, for both teams. Oozes quality. | Getty Images
10. Jordan James - 6
Steady game from James before he was replaced midway through the second-half. Got to remember he wasn’t meant to be starting until literally minutes prior to kick-off. Photo: Clive Rose
11. Lukas Jutkiewicz - 5
Tough game for Juke leading the line on his own. Can’t fault his effort but the quality wasn’t there. | Getty
12. SUB Ivan Sunjic - 6
Did OK following his forced introduction. Didn’t do himself any harm for future appearances. Photo: Eddie Keogh