Tahith Chong pinpoints one thing Birmingham City need to improve

Latest Birmingham City news from BirminghamLive includes an interview with Tahith Chong

Alex Dicken Senior Football Writer

07:00, 24 Apr 2023

Birmingham City winger Tahith Chong during a match at St Andrew's

Tahith Chong believes Birmingham City need to improve their in-game management after failing to respond to going behind against Blackpool.

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Blues stumbled to a 1-0 defeat to the relegation battling Tangerines at St Andrew’s on Saturday. Ian Poveda accepted a gift from Blues defender Kevin Long to seal three precious points for the visitors in their quest to beat the drop.

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Chong - who was withdrawn with 12 minutes remaining by John Eustace - believes Blues’ players need to become better problem solvers.

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“As a team you have a chance to improve at half-time and you have teams where they sort everything out during the game,” he said. “When you concede a goal, there’s teams that can just improve on the pitch. That’s where we could improve, game management and dealing with setbacks during the game and not wait for half-time or the end of the game.

“It’s something we can improve on going forward as a team. Sometimes that’s not up to the manager, it’s up to us. We’re on the pitch, we see everything. It’s for us to improve during the game.”

Blues were targeting a victory to secure their best Championship points tally since the 2015/16. Eustace’s team need one point from their final two fixtures against Coventry City and Sheffield United to achieve that feat.

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“The changing room is very disappointed,” added Chong. “The way the game went, we felt we should have scored as well. We had a few chances to score and the manner we lost the game eventually is very disappointing.

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