City fell to their second league defeat of the season on Saturday to a very impressive Birmingham City side, writes Kyle Fox.
After a hard-fought 90 minutes and one massive moment, we ended up falling short. Blue’s boss, Chris Davies, gave his thoughts on the game and his side’s performance in his post-match interview with Birmingham City media.
Just like many Imps fans on Saturday morning, I was hopeful leading up to the game and confident of the fact we would push them all the way looking for a result out the game. That’s exactly what happened. It was a performance to be proud of and a game we can take a lot from.
They were the best side I have seen us play in the League since coming to watch Lincoln. I think the fact we matched them for big portions of the game, shows the level we are now at as a team. Unfortunately though, Birmingham’s undeniable quality showed through when it came to the goals they scored from an xG of just 0.68. The build up play from the visitors was excellent for their goals to go along with their domination of possession.
Chris Davies reflected on this in his interview.
“I think it was a really strong performance overall. Obviously started the game as poorly as you can possibly start a game. Conceding a goal within the first minute.”
Our ability to concede early goals is shocking. Thankfully none have bitten us on the arse yet. Fingers crossed. Need to get better against long throw ins though
— Sypher (@BluenoseSypher) October 19, 2024
“But, it was like a blink of an eye and that was over and we were straight into the game again. From there, I thought we were dominant, we had a lot of the ball, we had a lot of control, we created chances. I was really happy with the performance.”
“There’s a belief there that they (Birmingham’s players) know that if they stay consistent and relentless in what we do. Then, we will create the chances to score and overturn that deficit. That’s what we’ve done today.”
Great football that, patient then break through them quick as anything 👏🏻👏🏻
— Anthony (@antbcfc4812) October 19, 2024
Nice to have players that can actually control the ball even when it’s fizzed into them. Great lay-off by May and quality finish from Thor 🙏
— Brad S (@BLS5432) October 19, 2024
We always have to go 1-0 down to start playing our football apparently, still a great goal 👍
— George Morris (@Raider1491) October 19, 2024
Former Imps keeper Ryan Allsop who played a big role in the win for Birmingham, mentioned in his interview that he had ‘done his homework’ on the way to the game. This was after being asked whether he had done research on City’s penalty takers.
Both interviews from Allsop and Davies demonstrated a positive outlook on their performance but also both mentioning their frustration with conceding so early on. There is nothing to pick from either interview from a Lincoln point of view positively or negatively which can happen if the questions make it that way. Nothing wrong with that just makes my job harder!
The fan reaction was very similar as will probably be a common theme throughout the season for Blue’s fans now. The overall feeling as you’d expect is very positive online as they kept their place at the top of the table.
Great result 👏👏 I do wish we’d not wait for 10-15 minutes before we start playing but 😅. 3 nice goals aswell 👌
— Callum (@callum816) October 19, 2024
What a win, from what I’ve heard that’ll be one of the most difficult of the season. One to be proud of
— Extra Human (@human47469) October 19, 2024
Yoko deserves the starting spot, good 3 points, think Lincoln will go up in 2nd, Messi Anderson is a different level
— Arizona Blues (@BCFC_USA) October 19, 2024