Source: PA
Boothroyd rues rush of blood
Coventry boss Aidy Boothroyd felt his team had been punished for playing with their hearts instead of their heads at Birmingham.
Blues were two down inside 26 minutes thanks to goals from Marlon King and Richard Wood before David Bentley, Stuart Parnaby and Kevin Phillips secured a 3-2 victory for the top flight side.
Boothroyd said: "I thought it was a terrific occasion and I'm afraid we got caught up in it in the second half and wanted to try to score three and four goals rather than being sensible.
"If somebody's bigger than you and better than you, you don't go toe to toe with them - and that's what we did.
"For some strange reason, despite what was said at half-time, we went all out to try to beat Birmingham City, a Premier League team, convincingly when really what we should have done was weathered the storm, kept calm and hit them on a sensible counter-attack."
