Irish Daily Mirror

MORRISON’S BONANZA VAUGHAN WINS DUEL WITH OLD TOFFEES PAL ROBINS GO HOME FLYING

- BY MIKE WHALLEY

0 2 MICHAEL MORRISON and Che Adams were the Birmingham heroes as Garry Monk’s men put their Second City derby agony behind them.

Adams helped banish Sunday’s 4-2 loss to Aston Villa when his

11th-minute run

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down the left and shot hit the post where James Meredith put into his own net. Millwall’s Ryan Leonard was sent off for a second yellow after a fierce challenge on Maikel Kieftenbel­d. Morrison (left) sealed it on 76 minutes, bundling in Jacques Maghoma’s corner. Wigan 3

Blackburn

1

JAMES VAUGHAN won his battle with former

Everton team-mate Jack Rodwell as Wigan ended a five-match winless run.

Vaughan fired in a penalty to help send Blackburn to defeat. Gary Roberts handed Paul Cook (above) and his men the lead eight minutes before the break.

After Vaughan made it 2-0, Dan Burn’s own goal gave Rovers hope, but substitute Callum Mcmanaman swept home to clinch it late on. Clucas had given Stoke a first-half lead before Harry Wilson levelled with a classic free-kick.

2

FAMARA DIEDHIOU nicked it for the Robins in a crazy spell of secondhalf scoring to wreck Ipswich hopes of a win.

Freddie Sears fired Town ahead in the 32nd minute. But City levelled in the 55th minute, when Bartosz Bialkowski’s parry

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3 fell to sub Diedhiou, whose shot was going wide, but was bizarrely clawed over the line by the keeper. Sears restored Town’s lead three minutes later. But City responded within a minute through

Jamie Paterson (left) and five minutes later Diedhiou headed in the winner.

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