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Being ‘brilliant at the basics of football’ was the key to Birmingham City’s battling victory at Preston.

That’s the verdict of Chris Davies who delivered that very clear message to his players before they ended Preston’s unbeaten record at Deepdale.

Phil Neumann netted from a first half set piece before Blues protected their lead heroically in the second half with a backs-to-the-wall defensive job.

“It was an excellent win for us and we fully deserved it,” Davies reflected after Blues ended their four-game winless run.

“We started really brightly and I was really happy with the start we made. You know what it’s going to be like here, they’re a good team in good form.

“We had to start well and I thought we did that aggressively, we were strong in the duels and we look

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