Birmingham City 1-0 Swansea City: Dykes snatches late winner after Vipotnik strike chalked off

A late header from Lyndon Dykes condemned Swansea City to their second defeat of the season, at the hands of Birmingham City at St Andrew's.

Dykes came off the bench to nod home a Patrick Roberts cross in the third minute of stoppage time, in a contest that arguably struggled to live up the star-laden narratives understandably imposed on it by onlookers.

Tom Brady v Snoop Dogg was certainly a great way to sell this contest, but in reality this was a bitty contest largely lacking in attacking prowess at both ends.

Sadly, on this occasion, Swansea couldn't claim a share of the spoils, and their game management in particular was found wanting in the second half.

Indeed, Alan Sheehan, not for the first time this season, will surely feel his side should have created a little more in the final third, although in fairness they were unlucky to be denied what seemed a perfectly legitimate goal that could well have altered the course of this contest.

Zan Vipotnik looked to have kept up his impressive goalscoring exploits with a neat first-half finish, only to be denied by the offside flag, a call replays later suggested was the wrong one.

Sheehan would certainly be entitled to at least fleetingly wonder what might have been.

Similarly, in another life, it might well have been Chris Davies taking his place in the away dugout at St Andrew's. Davies clearly came close to making a return to his former club back in 2023, before turning down the chance to succeed Sheehan's former boss Michael Duff.

Despite this disappointment, however, there's still a feeling that Sheehan is steadily proving himself to be the right appointment, with this an unwelcome blemish on what's otherwise been a largely solid start to the season.

Sheehan made seven