Rowett: Blues deserved Villa win

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Gary Rowett says an expensive Aston Villa needed to ‘defend for their lives’ to earn a point against Birmingham City.

Villa took the lead in the Second City derby through Gary Gardner in the 29th minute, but were pegged back by David Davis’ second-half equaliser, and had to deal with sustained pressure in the latter stages at St Andrews to come away with a 1-1 draw. 

Rowett’s most expensive summer acquisition was the £1.4m Birmingham paid for Che Adams, and he believes his side – made up largely of free transfers – were the better team against their local rivals, who had a net spend of £34m in the summer. 

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