Heroic Taylor fails to keep Gunners at bay

Arsenal 1 Birmingham 0

Bruce had seen Taylor defy the Gunners with a first-half penalty stop from Robert Pires just two minutes after Blues captain Kenny Cunningham had been sent off for a foul on Freddie Ljungberg.

Not content with that, Taylor made seven outstanding saves - most from Arsenal's Spanish striker Jose Antonio Reyes - before he was cruelly undermined by Stephen Clemence's deflection on Robin van Persie's weak shot for the only goal of the game.