Birmingham 0-1 Blackburn: Auston Trusty own goal in the 100th minute gives Rovers the win after extra time in FA Cup replay at St Andrew's... and they will now travel to Leicester City in the fifth round

Daily Mail | January 31, 2023

A 100th minute own goal from Auston Trusty condemned Birmingham City to defeat against Blackburn Rovers in their FA Cup fourth round replay.

The two sides faced off again at St Andrew's after they drew 2-2 at Ewood Park on Saturday.

It was a hard-fought game, but Rovers will now face Leicester City away in the fifth round.

An own goal from Auston Trusty condemned Birmingham to defeat against Blackburn Rovers

Trusty scored in his own net in the 100th minute in the FA Cup fourth round replay on Tuesday

It was a hard-fought game at St Andrew's as both sides couldn't be separated in normal time

Birmingham and Blackburn had previously cancelled each other out in a 2-2 draw on Saturday

Each team had chances but the score was level at 0-0 at the end of the initial 90 minutes

Blackburn enjoyed more possession in the game, but Birmingham had more attempts on goal

MATCH FACTS

BIRMINGHAM CITY (3-4-3): Etheridge; Trusty, Sanderson, Long (Gardner 84); Colin, Chang (Graham 106) , Mejbri (Chong 84), Longelo; Khadra (Jutkiewicz 75), Hogan, Bacuna (James 75)

Subs not used: Friend, Ruddy, Gordon, Donovan

Scorers: None

Booked: Chong, James

Manager: John Eustace

BLACKBURN ROVERS (4-2-3-1): Pears; Rankin-Costello, Ayala (Carter 45), Wharton, Pickering (Edun 106); Buckley, Travis; Dolan (Phillips 101), Dack (Gallagher 87) , Brereton Diaz; Vale (Szmodics 87)

Subs not used: Kaminski, Morton, , Hedges, Garrett

Scorers: Trusty OG 100

Booked: Buckley, Brereton Diaz, Travis

Manager: Jon Dahl Tomasson

Referee: Stephen Martin