Koji Myoshi scores stoppage-time winner after new boss Tony Mowbray makes five substitutions at once as Birmingham battle back to beat Hull 2-1 and secure FA Cup tie at Leicester
- Koji Miyoshi gave Birmingham a final victory in the third round of the FA Cup
- Jason Lokilo’s first goal for Hull opened the scoring, but Jay Stansfield equalized
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Koji Miyoshi gave Birmingham a final win after a five-man substitution paid off for manager Tony Mowbray.
Birmingham had to fight back from a goal down to seal a fourth round draw against Leicester City.
It gave Mowbray his first win as manager of the club after taking over last week.
But Jason Lokilo’s first goal for Hull opened the scoring after 12 minutes.
Birmingham pushed for an equalizer but Mowbray’s decision to substitute half of his outfield players swung the game his way.
Jay Stansfield equalized four minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute for Birmingham
Tony Mowbray’s decision to substitute half his field players swung the game his way
Two of those substitutes scored, after which Jay Stansfield equalized four minutes after his substitute.
Then Myoshi scored at the second attempt with a minute of stoppage time left – after Stansfield had created the chance.
Hull boss Liam Rosenior made 11 changes but saw his team take the lead.
Billy Sharp found James Furlong on the left and the cross was converted for the first time by Lokilo from eight yards out.
The former Crystal Palace youth team player made a summer switch from Sparta Rotterdam to Humberside.
Birmingham sensed the equalizer and when Jordan James delivered a ball into the area, Romelle Donovan just failed to connect in front of goal.
A bicycle kick from Gardner was received by Bielik six minutes before half-time, but he headed wide.
Birmingham goalkeeper John Ruddy kept his side’s deficit to one goal when he made an important save from Hull striker Tyrell Sellars-Fleming on the hour mark.
Jordan James responded for Mowbray’s side with an angled shot that flew just wide of the far post.
Koji Miyoshi gave Birmingham a final victory in the third round of the FA Cup
The Birmingham manager then completely turned the game around after 62 minutes.
The introduction of five substitutions had an immediate effect, as the equalizer came just four minutes later.
Miyoshi’s shot was pushed away by Ingram, with Stansfield converting the rebound for his eighth goal of the season.
Sikiri Dembele almost scored a second for Birmingham when he floated a long-range effort narrowly wide.