Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers drew an implausibly open West Midlands derby at St Andrew's on Saturday, with Adam Armstrong spurning a golden chance to win it in the 87th minute.
The Wolves striker lifted his shot over an open goal from ten yards when played in by Fer López, just as the visitors appeared set to move second in the Championship.
It was that kind of game — breathless, end-to-end and full of the sort of defensive sloppiness that will have Peixoto tearing his hair out. His Wolves side now look as vulnerable at the back as they can be devastating going forward.
Only Burnley, relegated with them last season, have conceded more than Wolves' ten goals in the early running, and the visitors were lucky to escape with a point after Chris Davies' Birmingham twice came from behind.
López gave Wolves an early lead before Jay Stansfield equalised in controversial circumstances, with Ladislav Krejci restoring the advantage soon after.
But the moment that will live longest came before the break. Jackson Tchatchoua, under no pressure, tried to turn a long diagonal from Phil Neumann back to his goalkeeper, only to loop it over José Sá and into his own net.
Peixoto was left to bemoan the absence of VAR after Stansfield appeared to handle before hammering home Birmingham's first equaliser.
Tom Wagner, Birmingham's chair, was back in the St Andrew's directors' box for the first time since a stroke in February.
The argument doing the rounds in the Midlands is whether Birmingham can sustain a top-four push despite their obvious soft centre.
What did the managers say?
Davies praised his side's heart after they "put Wolves to the sword" in the second half, while Peixoto renewed calls for VAR in the Championship and questioned why grappling at corners was not being penalised as PGMOL had promised.
Source: The Guardian
