Krystian Bielik was withdrawn midway through Birmingham City’s defeat to Charlton Athletic
Krystian Bielik was withdrawn midway through Birmingham City’s defeat to Charlton Athletic
Chris Davies has confirmed Birmingham City captain Krystian Bielik sustained an ankle injury during the 1-0 defeat to Charlton Athletic.
Blues lost their unbeaten record in League One at The Valley thanks to Matty Godden’s 54th minute strike. They had earlier lost their skipper at half-time after Bielik picked up an injury.
The 26-year-old didn’t receive treatment on the field but he did stay down for a while holding his left ankle. Davies promptly replaced Bielik with Ben Davies after assessing the damage at the interval.
“Krys got a knock on his ankle,” said Davies. “I’m not sure where he’ll go with that, it didn’t look great at half-time.”
Bielik was one of three players withdrawn after a poor first half display. Keshi Anderson and ex-Charlton striker Alfie May were the others to make way for Emil Hansson and Scott Wright.
Davies explaind: “Alfie wasn’t doing anything wrong but I just felt we needed a midfielder on and another winger, with Willum going into midfield. Keshi was on a booking and I didn’t want to risk it.”
