Birmingham City boss Chris Hughton said that his team were unfortunate to have their unbeaten home record ended by relegation-battling Nottingham Forest.
The 2-1 loss was the Blues' first defeat at St Andrews in 16 games and it also brought to an end a 15-game unbeaten run in all competitions.
Despite feeling that the result was harsh on his team, Hughton admitted that his side were below par.
He said: "The performance was disappointing but, at 1-1, I thought we were going to get a result.
"You always hold up your hands if a team come and play really well and deserve to win but generally I don't think, although it was not one of our better performances, we deserved to lose the game.
"That makes it even more disappointing to lose to a Nottingham Forest side I believe will avoid relegation."
Birmingham are now seven points below West Ham United, who occupy the second automatic-promotion place in the Championship table.
