Birmingham City Deliver Best Performance Yet with 4-0 Portsmouth Rout

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Chris Davies hailed Birmingham City’s 4-0 victory over Portsmouth as the best performance since his arrival, with set-piece mastery at the heart of the display. Three of the goals came from dead-ball situations, including Cochrane’s assists for Paik Seung-ho and Christoph Klarer, and Tommy Doyle’s corner flicked home by Tomoki Iwata.

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00:00Chris Davis hailed Birmingham City's 4-0 victory over Portsmouth as the best performance since his arrival

00:08with set-piece mastery at the heart of the display.

00:13Three of the goals came from dead ball situations including Cochran's assists for Paik Sung-ho and Christopher Clara

00:19and Tommy Doyle's corner flicked home by Timoki Iwata.

00:25Iwata also created the fourth for Keshi Anderson in open play underlining the Blues' threat

00:29from both set-pieces and open play.

00:33To win the third in eight games lifted Birmingham back into the top half of the championship table

00:38and he's mounting pressure on Davis.

00:41It was a really complete performance from our point of view, he said.

00:44We started bright, aggressive and with quality in every department.

00:49Portsmouth barely had a shot and we had created five and six and seven big chances.

00:55When we played together like that, it was very satisfying.

00:57Following the performance, Blues faced Millwall in a crucial class on Tuesday.

01:04Blues carried the momentum forward, reinforcing confidence in the squad and potentially moving closer to the play-off places.

01:12Davis' side displayed the same intensity and precision, particularly in set-pieces,

01:17suggesting the team is beginning to fully execute the manager's vision and can consistently challenge in the championship.

01:23The performance against Portsmouth remained benchmark, showing that when the squad combines attacking fluidity,

01:31defensive discipline and set-piece efficiency, they are capable of dominating matches.

01:37Lessons from Millwall would allow Davis to refine his approach while maintaining belief in the team's potential.

01:43Either way, the Pompey display provided a platform to build on.

01:49The Blues have shown they can compete at this level, using set-pieces as a weapon

01:53and combining energy and tactical discipline in attack and defence.

01:59The challenge now is to carry that form through the rest of the season

02:03and make it a consistent standard, whether in victories, draws or narrow defeats,

02:08as the club pushes to meet the expectations of their ambitious owners.

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