Duo central to defeating Hornets, insists Davies

CHRIS Davies has praised Birmingham City's new power couple after Tommy Doyle and Paik Seung-ho won the midfield battle against Watford.

- By ALEX DICKEN

Doyle and Paik's promising partnership continued to flourish in the 2-1 win over the Hornets. Paik and Demarai Gray's goals clinched a fourth straight home win for seventh-placed Blues.

Paik only scored once in League One last season but he already has four goals to his name in the Championship after 18 games.

Davies said: "I've definitely spoken to Paik since I've been here about his ability to score more goals.

"All the coaches would always say to me - because they do the shooting on the pitch before the game - that he’s such a good finisher, whether it's left foot or right foot.

"They had two good midfielders in there (Hector Kyprianou and Imran Louza) and I would say we got the better of them with Tommy and Paik.