Strikers shine as Blues travel in right direction

BIRMINGHAM

- By ALEX DICKEN

In-form Marvin Ducksch celebrates a vital goal in Sheffield while, below left, Chris Davies is delighted after Ayogo Furunashi bagged his first championship goal for Blues

City pounded the rock at Hillsborough on Tuesday night until Sheffield Wednesday broke.Marvin Ducksch scored the decisive goal in the 83rd minute, guiding home Jay Stansfield’s shot in front of a raucous away end, before Kyogo Furuhashi gifted himself a birthday goal in stoppage time.

It was Blues’ first away victory in the Championship in three months and took their points tally to seven in their last three games.

Here are our talking points from Sheffield Wednesday...

There has been a fragility to Blues during their away matches this season and you could see how tense their play was in the first half at Hillsborough.

Blues had little to gain because they were expected to beat a depleted Wednesday side that is destined for League One. You sense that anything other than the hard-fought victory Blues got would have been a blow to the system.