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Kai Wagner was outstanding on his Birmingham debut after only sealing his move from Major League Soccer side Philadelphia Union 24 hours earlier and the left-back set up the opener for Ducksch after just six minutes.<\/p>\n
The German curled over an excellent ball from the left for Ducksch to score with a cushioned volley.<\/p>\n
Coventry equalised just 113 seconds later as Eccles whipped a superb right-footed effort around the static Jack Robinson and held up Jamie Allen’s shirt in tribute to his Sky Blues team-mate, who was absent because of a family bereavement.<\/p>\n
Liam Kitching should have headed Coventry in front when he directed Matt Grimes’ free-kick straight at James Beadle and Blues made the visitors pay as Patrick Roberts played in Koumas to round Carl Rushworth to slot home.<\/p>\n
That made it three goals in the opening 17 minutes and there might have been more before the break as Ephron Mason-Clark headed wide for Coventry before Ducksch missed the target at the other end.<\/p>\n
Coventry levelled again on the hour mark when Robinson failed to close down Simms and the former Everton striker scored his 10th goal of the season right-footed from the edge of the area.<\/p>\n
But Birmingham restored their lead three minutes later when the excellent Roberts fed Ducksch and the German fired home his fifth goal of the season.<\/p>\n
Coventry might have had a penalty late on for Tomoki Iwata’s tussle with Mason-Clark before they imploded in the 95th minute when Thomas was dismissed for swinging a left hand at Neumann.<\/p>\n
Instead, Sky Blues boss Frank Lampard was left to reflect on a second defeat in three games – and a first ever loss to Birmingham as either a player or manager in his 20 meetings with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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