Violence mars Brum’s derby delight

NIKOLA ZIGIC put Birmingham through to a Carling Cup semi-final against West Ham, but their derby win over Aston Villa was overshadowed by ugly crowd violence at the end.

Thousands of Blues fans charged towards the Villa supporters and dozens of missiles and some flares were thrown before order was restored, and City can expect to face FA action.

Zigic’s deflected shot five minutes from time settled the tie after Gabriel Agbonlahor had cancelled out Sebastian Larsson’s early penalty.