Blues continue fine pre-season form

Birmingham's impressive pre-season form is showing no signs of relenting following a 2-1 success over Nurnberg in Austria.

McFadden: Made one and scored one in friendly win
McFadden: Made one and scored one in friendly win

Alex McLeish's side led the contest just 11 seconds after kick-off when Garry O'Connor nodded home James McFadden's cross.

The Bundesliga outfit levelled on the quarter-hour mark when Peter Perchtold lashed an arrowing shot across Maik Taylor.

However, the Blues were not to be denied and regained the lead within a minute when McFadden converted Sebastian Larsson's cross.

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