Birmingham City closed the gap on the top six last night thanks to an impressive 2-1 win away to Bristol City.

Connor Mahoney, who only joined the Blues on loan from Bournemouth in the summer, edged the visitors in front at Ashton Gate just before half time with a heavily deflected effort before crossing for Michael Morrison to make it two five minutes into the second period.

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Famara Diedhou pulled one back for the Robins but it was not enough and Monk's side walked away with all three points, lifting them into eighth place.

This weekend sees them face a tough trip to in from Hull City, but will know that a win could see them sneak into the play-off places.

Star defender Harlee Dean took to Twitter after the game to share his simple thoughts on the game and  was clearly very happy with the results.

The replies to the Tweet show that Blues fans very much echoed his emotions...