Manchester United needed a controversial own goal from Birmingham defender Scott Dann to salvage a point at St. Andrews as they missed out on the chance to replace Chelsea as Premier League leaders.

Blues were incensed referee Mark Clattenburg allowed the equaliser to stand after 63 minutes, cancelling out Cameron Jerome’s first-half opener, and he consulted with one of his assistants before awarding the goal.

The Red Devils ended with 10 men after midfielder Darren Fletcher was sent off in the closing stages for a second bookable offence.

The draw enabled Blues to make club history in achieving their longest ever unbeaten top flight run of 12 games – a run stretching back to October.

Birmingham:
Joe Hart, Scott Dann, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Stephen Carr, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, James McFadden, Sebastian Larsson (Fahey), Cameron Jerome, Cristian Benitez

Subs:
Stuart Parnaby, Kevin Phillips, Keith Fahey, Maik Taylor, Franck Queudrue, Gary McSheffrey, Martin Taylor

MUFC:
Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Evans, Wes Brown, Patrice Evra, Rafael, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Paul Scholes (Diouf), Ji-Sung Park (Giggs), Antonio Valencia, Wayne Rooney

Subs:
Michael Owen, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Anderson, Ben Amos, Fabio, Mame Biram Diouf

Goals:
Cameron Jerome ‘39
Scott Dann ‘63 (own goal)