Fulham manager Roy Hodgson thought his side deserved to take something from Saturday's Premier League clash at St Andrew's.
The mid-table Cottagers slumped to their fifth loss of the campaign after Birmingham City's Lee Bowyer had grabbed the only goal of the game in the 16th minute.
Hodgson was not too disheartened though, saying:"It was a very good team performance, but a bad result. We played very well in the second half but, even in the first half, we had plenty of chances.
"Full credit to Birmingham for the way their back four defended and their midfield players also got plenty of tackles in.
"But I don't think we could have done any more than we did today. We dominated the game that much, but just a goal eluded us.
"I left Damien (Duff) and John Paintsil out of the side out of the side, but it had nothing to do with games in the week.
"I had ready-made replacements in Simon Davies and Stephen Kelly, good quality people, to fill their places.
"It made sense after they had such important matches in the week."
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