Chris Davies celebrated his first win as Birmingham City manager on Tuesday with a 1-0 triumph over Charlton Athletic at The Valley. Brandon Khela’s first goal for Blues settled the contest and secured passage into round two of the Carabao Cup. Blues also had goalkeeper Ryan Allsop to thank after he saved Tyreece Campbell’s early penalty and they saw the game out with 10 men after Dion Sanderson was dismissed.
Blues will discover their opponents in the second round in Wednesday night’s draw but their focus shifts back to League One for the next two weeks. Davies and his team travel to Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday looking for their first three points of the season. Here are our post-Charlton talking points.
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The 19-year-old recreated Bellingham’s iconic celebration at the place of its conception after curling home a beauty from 25 yards. What’s more impressive is the way Khela played out of position. That is what Davies wanted to highlight in the press conference afterwards, “Brandon has played left-back and he’s a right-footed central midfield player,” said Davies.
“To put someone there at such a young age shows the trust I had in him for tonight. He’s played right-back, centre-back, left-.