Match ends, Birmingham City 2, Blackburn Rovers 2.
Che Adams scored his 20th and 21st Championship goals of the season as Birmingham City came back to draw against Blackburn Rovers.
Blues, beaten at home by Bolton Wanderers in their previous match, went ahead through Adams' low strike before half-time.
Charlie Mulgrew levelled shortly after the break when he scored direct from a corner - the third time the Rovers captain has done so this season.
Danny Graham's deflected strike put Blackburn 2-1 up with eight minutes to go, but Adams equalised from a tight angle to earn a point for Garry Monk's side.
Former Sheffield United striker Adams, linked with a move away from St Andrew's in January, has now scored 10 goals in his past eight league games.
And his brace ensured Birmingham remain in the race for the play-offs, now six points behind sixth-placed Bristol City.
Blackburn are also an outside bet to finish in the top six, but Tony Mowbray will be frustrated his team were unable to hold on having come from behind to lead.
Rovers had been on a torrid run prior to Saturday's contest, losing four Championship games in a row.
Birmingham City manager Garry Monk told BBC Radio WM:
"Today is another lesson. I said to the players at the end, when you're dominant, an opposition should have to do something special to take the initiative back. But we handed it to them.
"We stepped off for some reason, and gave them belief. That's a mistake from us, and one that cost us the three points.
"It's good that you have lessons to learn. If we want to progress, we have to understand that the next time we have a team by the throat, we have to go even harder.
"But credit to the players that after going 2-1 down, we still came away with the point."
Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"The frustration in the dressing room is there to feel. You can almost cut it. The first twenty minutes was unacceptable- [there was] a fear in the team, [from] losing four games on the bounce. Nobody pressed the ball. Nobody was on the front foot.
"I want to get to stage where I don't have to get off the bench and shout like an idiot at them, but it took that today to get people forward and winning balls in midfield and looking like they could hurt the opposition.
"I thought for the last twenty minutes of the first half we did that, and we put them on the back foot."
Line-ups
Birmingham
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Camp
- 5Colin
- 28Morrison
- 12Dean
- 3Pedersen
- 23JotaSubstituted forMahoneyat 70'minutes
- 6Kieftenbeld
- 20Gardner
- 19MaghomaSubstituted forMrabtiat 57'minutes
- 9Adams
- 10JutkiewiczSubstituted forVassellat 77'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Mahoney
- 8Gardner
- 11Vassell
- 18Mrabti
- 26Davis
- 27Trueman
- 45Harding
Blackburn
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Raya
- 2Nyambe
- 14MulgrewBooked at 46mins
- 5Rodwell
- 17Bell
- 6SmallwoodBooked at 86mins
- 27Travis
- 4ReedSubstituted forA Armstrongat 67'minutes
- 23Dack
- 31Bennett
- 10Graham
Substitutes
- 7A Armstrong
- 8Rothwell
- 13Leutwiler
- 19Brereton
- 24Nuttall
- 29Evans
- 32Conway
- Referee:
- Peter Bankes
- Attendance:
- 21,869
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home16
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away3
- Corners
- Home8
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away18
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Blackburn Rovers 2.
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Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Richard Smallwood (Blackburn Rovers).
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Foul by Kerim Mrabti (Birmingham City).
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Amari'i Bell (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Bradley Dack (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
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Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Richard Smallwood (Blackburn Rovers).
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Attempt missed. Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Kerim Mrabti with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by David Raya Martin.
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Attempt saved. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Booking
Richard Smallwood (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Richard Smallwood (Blackburn Rovers).
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Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!
Goal! Birmingham City 2, Blackburn Rovers 2. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin with a through ball.
Goal!
Goal! Birmingham City 1, Blackburn Rovers 2. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
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Attempt missed. Connor Mahoney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
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Foul by Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers).
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Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.