Life's a pitch but Blues go 最高の，を越す

Birmingham City 1 Cardiff City 0

Dave Jones slammed the St Andrew's pitch as "unplayable" as Sebastian Larsson settled the 選手権's 見解／翻訳／版 of ざん壕 戦争.

? The Bluebirds' 長，指導者 was incensed at the final whistle at the 明言する／公表する of the playing surface as the Swede pounced to send Steve Bruce 支援する to the 最高の，を越す of the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する with a scrappy 57th-minute 勝利者.

? But it was Birmingham's new pitch that 支配するd both the game and the 地位，任命する-match musings of both 経営者／支配人s. Jones was ガス／煙ing at a whole host of 問題／発行するs. But it was the 条件s that really upset him.

? "It was a pudding," he said, "I think we had that to eat last night - souffle. It was unplayable. The whole pitch was moving. It's a bog. I wouldn't even put my horses on it."

There were no dissenting 発言する／表明するs from Bruce - or Birmingham co-owner David Gold - but they said they had done everything within their 力／強力にする to 修正する the problem.

"There has been a lot spoken about the pitch," said Bruce. "We have tried our 最大の to do something about it. If we hadn't changed it six weeks ago, that game wouldn't have gone ahead.

"We had to change it. We laid a new pitch because Nicklas Bendtner fell 負かす／撃墜する a 穴を開ける the size of I-don't-know-what. It's 全く disappointing because we have spent a lot of money on it. In fairness, it has been a 堅い old week. My garden has 苦しむd. And it's 大打撃を与えるd it 負かす／撃墜する for three hours' solid before kick-off.

? "We have got in some geronomists - no, that's not the word - agronomists - to take a look. We couldn't have done much more. But it was playable. It was definitely playable."

Gold, too, joined in the general chorus of 不賛成. If he hasn't 調印するd the 請負業者s' cheque yet, they should be worried.

"I can't understand it," he said. "We have spent £100,000 on it. That was supposed to be the 支援する-up pitch to Wembley. It looks like we bought it out of a park."

にもかかわらず the general concens us that it was difficult for the players, they made the most of it. The ball stuck every now and again and the best were 実験（する）d when they tried to carry it 今後.

? But for the 大多数 of the 28,223 （人が）群がる, who 勇敢に立ち向かうd a 冷気／寒がらせる 勝利，勝つd and a downpour, it was 広大な／多数の／重要な stuff. Challenges were 飛行機で行くing in and the match was 審判（をする）d sensibly by 公式の／役人 Keith Friend.

? Jones can feel hard done by that Cardiff's 有望な 開始 brought them no reward. Riccardo Scimeca wasted a header and Michael Chopra might have had a 刑罰，罰則 on another day after Birmingham's 速く-現れるing 'keeper Colin Doyle tried to 得る，とらえる the ball at his feet in the 17th minute.

? Steven Thompson （機の）カム within a whisker at the other end after Chopra crossed the ball across the six-yard box. It took Birmingham half-an-hour to wake up. When they did, Rowan Vine was only marginally off 的 with a low 運動.

? The deciding goal arrived after a neat move 負かす／撃墜する the left 伴う／関わるing McSheffrey and the unsung hero of the home rearguard, left-支援する Mat Sadler.

? His pull 支援する 設立する Bendtner, the ball arriving at the far 地位，任命する after it bounced kindly into Larsson's path, the Swede slotting home with his 権利 foot to （人命などを）奪う，主張する his seventh of the season.

? Doyle made an 優れた save from Roger Johnson who connected with a 甘い ボレー 13 minutes from time before McSheffrey 攻撃する，衝突する the 地位，任命する in the final moments after Cameron Jerome almost 得点する／非難する／２０d with his first touch.

It was 阻止する and tuck for the 大多数 of the match, but Jones, 明確に 困らすd, didn't see it that way.

? Jones 追加するd: "At this 行う／開催する／段階 of the season, it's better to be a lucky 経営者／支配人 and luckier team than we were today. I thought there was only one 勝利者. We out-played them, out-力／強力にするd them. The only thing we 欠如（する）d was putting the ball into the 逮捕する.

? "Could we have had a 刑罰，罰則? Was their lad offside? It was a 堅い one to swallow. I could not see them 得点する／非難する／２０ing. I thought there was only one team out there."

Bruce looked quizzical when told about his opposite number's comments. "Is that what Dave has said? Really?" he asked.

"I don't see that. My players have shown resilience and character to get us where we are. They had to dig 深い today. I'm pleased with the 成果／努力 and the 決意.

"Oh, and the points." ?

Birmingham City (4-4-2): Doyle, Kelly, N'Gotty, Taylor ツバメ, Sadler; Larsson, Clemence, Muamba, (Nafti 72) McSheffrey; Bendtner, Vine (Jerome 84). Subs: Taylor Maik, Gray, Campbell.

Cardiff City (4-4-2): Alexander, McNaughton, (Gilbert 88) Loovens, Johnson, Ledley; Parry, Scimeca, McPhail, Whittingham; Thompson, (Green 80) Chopra. Subs: Forde, Byrne, Walton.

審判（をする）: K Friend