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Wayne Rooney says Birmingham City achieved their main objective of a clean sheet against Bristol City - despite supporters’ angry reaction following the bore draw at St Andrew’s.

Blues ended 2023 with a goalless draw in front of their own fans and rarely threatened Bristol City’s goal. Aside from two first half headers from Anis Mehmeti, the Robins barely laid a glove on Blues either.

Actual quotes

"The real priority today was a clean sheet. I sat here after the last game answering questions on what we can do to stop conceding goals, so we have really focussed on that and I’m pleased with that.”"

"The real focus today was keeping a clean sheet. I thought we defended well as a group, we were compact, we were hard to play through, and we nullified Bristol’s opportunities."

"the main priority was keeping the clean sheet."

Source ... [www.birminghammail.co.uk]