Chris Davies: An important victory against a good team

Reaction: Birmingham City 2-1 Swansea City

2026-11-07T18:30+00:00

Chris Davies praised Birmingham City’s desire to push right until the end following a 2-1 victory over Swansea City.

A Jay Stansfield double saw Blues claim their sixth win in seven games and go top of the Sky Bet Championship table heading into the international break.

Ryan Allsop saved an early penalty from Ross Stewart before Goncalo Franco hit the post as Swansea started the brighter at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. Marko Stamenic saw red for the visitors midway through the first half and Blues were ahead within three minutes of his dismissal as Stansfield swept home from a Max Bird cross to notch his 50th goal for the club.

Ten-man Swansea equalised from a corner after half-time before Stansfield fired in a dramatic late winner to send Blues top going into the international break. And Davies was delighted with the character shown by his side to find a way to win.

“It was a very important victory against a really good team,” he said. “If you look at the match as a whole, we were deserved winners despite everything in-between.”

“To score so quickly when they go to ten men is great because that can be a slog, but we work the ball really well and score a super goal. We just needed that second before half-time the way we were playing.

“We showed togetherness to push right until the end, the players gave their all and that’s something I ask of them every game. Obviously you have to enjoy these special days in football, because it’s not always that way.

“Football is all about these moments and memories. I’ve been here two-and-a-half years and we’ve had some special nights at St. Andrew’s, but this will be up there."