Birmingham City vs Leeds United
Match pulse
BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Birmingham 4-1
Birmingham City beat Leeds United 4-1 on Saturday, March 27, 2004 at St Andrews Stadium. Goals for Birmingham: Bryan Hughes (12', 67') and Mikael Forssell (69', 82' pen). Goals for Leeds: Mark Viduka (3').
Play by play
- 91'
The scoreline does not really do justice to Leeds who played well in the opening period of both halves, but they just did not convert their chances. How Viduka must be rueing that miss in the first half which could have put them 2-0 up. While the result flatters City they were the better team and deserved the points.
- 91'
And that's it: Full-time
- 90'
Pennant tries to conjure something up but his run comes to nothing wide on the right
- 89'
Hughes passed to John who tried his luck from outside the box, but his shot was well wide
- 88'
Smith again deemed to have fouled Upson and he looks less than pleased, as you might expect
- 87'
Lazaridis has it and floats in a good ball looking for Hughes who has now pushed up into an attacking role
- 86'
Lazaridis is clobbered by Kelly - freekick on the right wing
- 85'
Freekick given against an over-zealous Smith
- 84'
Approaching five minutes to go and Eddie Gray the Leeds coach looks crestfallen
- 83'
Viduka and Smith still scrapping in true Leeds style, but they are seeing so little of the ball that they are really fighting a losing battle
- 82'
Another change. This time Morrisson leaves the pitch for City with Stern John on in his place. And also off goes Forssell and Olivier Tebily is on in his place
- 81'
Hughes asked Forssell to let him take the spot kick in order to try and get a Premiership hattrick, but Forssell was having none of that and took the kick himself. Ah, comradeship!
- 80'
And Forssell sticks it in by hitting it hard and to the left of the net. 4-1. Oh dear Leeds.
- 79'
Penalty given to Birmingham
- 77'
A change for Leeds Simon Johnson comes on for James Milner who looked tired out after giving a good account of himself today
- 76'
Lazaridis, who has had a great game, once again collects the ball and moves it forward with purpose
- 75'
Clemence has got a cut under his left eye but is happy to continue
- 74'
Stephen Clemence is on the floor getting some treatment after taking a whack from Caldwell
- 73'
Pennant wins a corner of Lazaridis and Stephen McPhail will take it
- 72'
Domi loses the ball by kicking it against the ref and failing to take the re-bound. The Leeds side look shot, bereft of confidence
- 71'
Leeds have been made to pay for failing to transfer their pressure into goal and now the game looks beyond them
- 70'
Hughes lifts a neat ball into the box looking for Forssell, but his improvised back-header is weak and Robinson has it
- 68'
Forsesll springs the offside trap after Leeds lost possession in their own half. A nothing ball was pumped forwards and Forssell latched on to it, raced clear and fired home clinically
- 68'
Another for Birmingham!!
- 67'
Stan Lazaridis shielded the ball in the Leeds box after collecting a long ball before sliding a pass to the on-rushing Bryan Hughes who again was only required to pass the ball home. A well-worked goal and Leeds are 2-1 down.
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