Lee Bowyer hits back after Birmingham City draw as shock claims emerge

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Blues looked to have got back to winning ways against Millwall on Saturday when Juninho Bacuna and Lyle Taylor put Lee Bowyer's side ahead with 11 minutes to go at St Andrew's.

But Benik Afobe scored eight minutes into injury time leaving Blues four games without a win going into their final away game on Saturday against Cardif City.

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Bowyer expressed his pride in his Blues' performance against Millwall and praised his players after laying into them on Easter Monday. The head coach was frustrated by the late penalty which handed the Lions a 2-2 draw, from a game in which Blues led twice, but he pointed out how different the display had been to the one when they were beaten at Blackpool five days earlier.

Bowyer applauded his men for showing much more resolve against a physical Millwall team. "The reaction from last week, to have the performance that we did, to be able to turn that around as a group, that was pleasing for me," he said.

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Bowyer will pocket a huge £750,000 if he is sacked as Blues manager, according to The Sun. The Blues boss is under pressure at St Andrew's after just one win in their last eight games and saw hopes of a victory against Millwall go up in smoke on Saturday as Afobe's last-minute penalty snatched a 2-2 draw.

Fans are increasingly losing their patience over the club's form, with Blackpool's thumping 6-1 win over Blues on Easter Monday prompting Bowyer to insist he was no "quitter". Now The Sun have claimed that it will cost Blues three-quarters of a million pounds if they are to fire him and will need to pay up