UNHAPPY Sabri Lamouchi warned that Nottingham Forest’s promotion bid will be over if they don’t do better than this.
Hotshot Lewis Grabban missed a penalty and two other chances as Forest failed to put more pressure on the Championship’s top two, especially fading Leeds.
Forest were ahead in 18 minutes, but let struggling Birmingham off the hook.
Blues fans had forgotten what it was like to win a league match at home – but new boy Scott Hogan and Danish defender Kristian Pedersen turned the game on its head.
Forest had surged into third in the table on the back of an impressive seven-game unbeaten run, but Lamouchi was in no mood to pull his punches after this shock.
“When you start the game the right way, score very soon with a great goal, to control the game and then lose, that is disappointing,” said Lamochi.
“The penalty situation changed the game. We could have closed the game, but in reality we opened the game.
“Congratulations to Birmingham, but for me we gave them the points. We gave them the victory.
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