Davies' delight at set-piece hat-trick

CHRIS DAVIES claimed Birmingham's four-goal show was their best performance of the season as Portsmouth were deservedly beaten.

- BY JOSH LUCKHURST

The home boss was delighted on a number of different fronts as three set-piece goals laid the groundwork for this victory.

Paik Seung-ho, Tomoki Iwata and Christoph Klarer all found the net from dead-ball situations. Keshi Anderson's deflected late fourth added gloss to the scoreline.

Birmingham even overcame the blow of Jay Stansfield's missed fifth-minute penalty to take the spoils.