It's all over and the frustrations from the home side's fans are obvious as Man City claim an impressive away win thanks to goals from Barton and Cole

There is to be 3 minutes of injury time to be played at St Andrews

Barton fires an effort wide as the chance to wrap up the win is lost

Antoine Sibierski comes on for the visitors with Cole going off

Birmingham want another penalty for handball but again their appeals go unrewarded

Time is running out for Blues and the frustrations from the stands can be felt inside St Andrews as Melchiot's header flies wide

Musampa is booked but Pennant escapes one

Pennant and Musampa clash after an altercation and the referee may have to dish out some cards here

Clapham is brought off with Stan Lazaridis coming on for him for Blues

Pennant is back on - much to Bruce's delight

Penannt is forced off for a while to receive treatment but Steve Bruce is not keen to substitute him

Musampa forces a good low save from Maik Taylor

Reyna goes off for Man City with Sun Jihai replacing him

Vassell goes forward for the visitors this time but fails to find Cole and the chance goes begging

Forsell breaks well and the ball eventually finds Gray but his shot is blocked

Melchiot crosses for Pandiani but his header is wide as another chance goes begging

Butt is replaced by Muzzy Izzet in an attacking move by Blues boss Steve Bruce

Vassell fouls Matty Upson and Birmingham have the chance to begin another attack

Butt breaks forward and gets another corner for the home side but it comes to nothing again

However Pandiani goes back down the other end and flashes a shot just wide afer a good run

Reyna sends Cole through but the Blues defence eventually manage to get it clear but the visitors remain on top

Man City clear but only for another corner, this time Richard Dunne heads it clear first before Claudio Reyna completes the clearance

Gray breaks down the left wing and then manages to earn Blues a corner

Clemence has been booked for a foul

Vassell breaks down the wing again for City but his cross in the end is not a good one

Birmingham appear to be shellshocked following that early second half goal from Cole

Cole puts the visitors in front with a great finish from a tight angle at the back post

The action gets underway in the second half and Man City make a great start, earning a corner immediately, although Maik Taylor gathers it easily

It's all square at the break with Barton's goal cancelling out Butt's opener

Gray looks for a penalty but again his protests are waved away as just one minute of injury time will be played

Pennant puts over another cross but Mills again gets a vital touch on it to clear

It's been a feisty end-to-end game at St Andrews with both sides fully committed

Pandiani finds Forsell but he is denied by a good tackle by Danny Mills

Man City break on the counter though and Mario Melchiot has to be alert to make a good challenge to avert a possible chance

Stephen Clemence breaks through the middle for Blues but James eventually snuffs out the danger

Birmingham break again but this time Pandiani's header is over from a Gray cross

Pennant's deep cross is excellent but it just evades Gray although Blues earn another corner - their fifth of the game so far

Jamie Clapham's back heel almost finds Julian Gray but City clear

Trevor Sinclair breaks again for Stuart Pearce's side but again it's cleared

Man City have been the better side since the equaliser and are looking for a second goal

Pandiani goes down in the area but referee Mark Clattenberg says no penalty

Joey Barton equalises from close range after good work from Darius Vassell presented him with the chance

Pennant swings in a corner from the left but David James gathers it well

Kiki Musampa shoots goalwards but it's not enough to trouble the Birmingham defence

Mikael Forssell turns well and fires the ball across goal but Jermaine Pennant's effort is wide - a good chance gone begging though

Man City have responded well to the goal and Vassell breaks forward but Birmingham eventually clear

Nicky Butt makes it 1-0 turning the ball home after Pandiani's initial effort is saved

Andy Cole directs a deflected cross towards the goal but it bounces back off the bar in what is a let-off for Blues

Pandiani manages to get his head on the ball but it's over

Walter Pandiani volleys goalwards but David James saves well and it's a corner

The action gets underway at St Andrews as Birmingham entertain City in their first home game of the season