Unbeaten run ends as Blues luck runs out

[BBC] [Getty Images] Blues went to Carrow Road as the last undefeated team in the Championship, and with the pundits informing us that Norwich have never lost four consecutive games against us. There is always a bit of foreboding when the stats are waiting to trip you up. You know it's not going to be your night when your team has played the high press well and then gets a perfectly good goal chalked-off. What we thought was going to be Liam Millar's first goal was denied by the offside flag, and closer inspection of the replays showed that he was more than likely onside. Our woes were compounded a few minutes later when Oscar Schwartau's screamer put Norwich ahead. It was an excellent goal, but he was given far too much space to shoot. Of course, when your luck is not in, being one down simply is not enough, and before the end of the first half Papa Diallo got a second for Norwich due to some pretty poor defending from Blues. Tomoki Iwata and Christoph Klarer seemed to be lacking in concentration. We began the second half in a rather discombobulated state; in fact both teams were scrappy. The appearance of Alex Cochrane and Ethan Laird did seem to help, and we seemed to be able to put a bit more into attack. Vicente pulled one back by tapping in a good cross from Millar, and it looked like it might be game on again. James Beadle again kept us in it with a couple of good saves, but as I said at the start, sometimes it is just not your night, and this was never more evident than when Vicente could not finish the move started by Beadle's excellent long ball to Jay Stansfield. It looked almost as though he wasn't sure whether to cross or shoot, and the ball squirted away to the right. We all had our heads in our hands with him. It was a bit of a frustrating evening, and we're off to Pride Park for a lunchtime kick-off on Saturday. Maybe our luck will be in there. Hear and read more from Kym Smith on Birmingham Hospital Radio Don't forget to tap the 'follow' button at the top of this page to stay up to date with the latest Birmingham City news. All the latest Birmingham City news