FA Cup: Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers highlights
Ten-man Birmingham City struck late to knock fellow Championship side Blackburn Rovers out of the FA Cup.
The third-round tie had looked destined for a replay after Adam Armstrong fired Rovers level from the penalty spot as the hosts' Ivan Sunjic was sent off.
But the Blues - who had taken an early lead through midfielder Dan Crowley's well-struck opener - went through with Jeremie Bela's 90th-minute low finish.
The defeat saw Rovers exit in the third round for a third season in succession.
Bela's dramatic winner spared the blushes of his team-mate Sunjic, whose calamitous cameo had looked set to see the hosts throw the game away.
Just 98 seconds after coming on as a second-half substitute, the Croatia midfielder gave the ball away and then brought down former Blues striker Sam Gallagher in the area.
Armstrong fired in the penalty to level for Rovers, who had missed good chances through Gallagher earlier in the half, as the visitors cancelled out Crowley's first goal for City.
For Birmingham, who made seven changes to their side, the victory ended their dismal run of five defeats in six matches, while Rovers - who changed three - saw their winless streak extend to five games in all competitions.
Birmingham boss Pep Clotet told BBC WM 95.6: "It feels like a double or triple win.
"The victory is deserved. It is not easy to win when you have 10 men. When we could, we attacked, with a player less.
"It shows that, slowly, our football is getting there. It was a massive effort from the team and showed a lot of unity, strength and belief in themselves.
"[Bela] is getting much fitter now and getting up to tempo. The work he did - and the whole team, defensively - is a massive credit to everyone, getting a win that was elusive to us in the past few games."
Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We had a lot of domination of the game and the ball. We were misfiring up front today.
"We got sucker-punched at the end. You couldn't really see them [Birmingham] scoring. They couldn't get in our half, let alone score.
"That's football. It's why people love it. For us, as they say, we [now] have to concentrate on the league.
"It's unbelievable to think that we only scored from a penalty kick today, with the amount of play we had in the final third, but we have to accept it. We have to be better, collectively and individually."
