Stats all in past, says Lyle over Troy's goals comparison

LYLE Taylor insists he hasn't got any problem with Troy Deeney but questioned why his former Birmingham City strike partner opted to compare their statistics.

- By ALEX DICKEN

In an interview with the Birmingham Mail after the 2021/22 season, Deeney responded to his critics after a season in which he scored four times in 22 matches by drawing a comparison with Taylor, who had managed five goals in 14 games including two penalties.

Deeney said: “It depends on what people’s perspective of it is. If you don’t want me to do well it's easy to say ‘Oh look, he’s rubbish, he’s finished? If you want to have an objective spin on it, me and Lyle Taylor played the same amount of games and he scored one more penalty than me and he’s the Messiah and I am the worst thing that’s ever happened to Birmingham City.”