Coventry loses five-goal thriller at Birmingham
EFL Championship leader Coventry City suffered its second defeat in three games, after losing 3-2 to Birmingham City in a thrilling Midlands derby.
Frank Lampard's side was on the wrong end of a five-goal epic, despite twice coming from behind at St Andrew's.
Birmingham, on a six-game winless run, broke the deadlock in the sixth minute, with Marvin Ducksch volleying home Kai Wagner's well-timed cross at the far post.
The lead lasted just two minutes, though, as Josh Eccles slotted a superb curling effort into the bottom corner from 25 yards out.
Birmingham regained its advantage in the 17th minute when Lewis Koumas latched on to Patrick Roberts's throughball, before rounding Carl Rushworth and scoring.
Ellis Simms drew Coventry level again on the hour mark, squeezing a low drive home from the edge of the box.
However, Chris Davies' side edged ahead for a third time just three minutes later when Ducksch beat Rushworth from a tight angle.
It proved enough for all three points, while the visitors' misery was compounded in stoppage-time when Bobby Thomas was shown a straight red card after raising his hand to the face of Phil Neumann.
Coventry has now gone three matches without victory in the Championship, winning just two of its past eight games.
