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“We didn't expect Yousef to be playing any longer than 45 minutes under any circumstances.” Brian continued. “But Birmingham are a very dangerous team with a really big set play presence, and it was important to have Yousef on the pitch for that. We could have played Chris Willock, but I felt as if it was important that we had a chance to defend the set plays that we would face.”
"[The goal] was a brilliant move and some of our play in the first half was very incisive, so we were getting good chances and I think even in the second half, Yousef had good chances. Once he gets back into his rhythm and is fully fit, he'll take those chances. I’m very pleased that he did such a great job for the team in such unexpected circumstances."
City got their first clean sheet of the season after some impressive defensive work from the backline, which included a first start of the season for Will Fish.
Brian continued: "It was the next thing to tick off for us. We've had a lot of really positive performances here, and to produce the performance we did is very satisfying, but at the end, the defensive players especially want to have that clean sheet, and to get it today was totally deserved.
“The intention wasn't to have Will back so soon playing such minutes but he did a great job. He was very important to keep us really solid. Joel Bagan stepped in and did the type of job he's done for us all season. He was incredible.”
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