Another first-half dismissal cost Leicester City as they fell to defeat at Birmingham in their first match since their points deduction.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid received a straight red card for an unnecessary challenge midway through the first period with the score at 1-1.

City fought gallantly to hold Birmingham at bay, but Jay Stansfield’s second-half finish consigned them to a third straight defeat.

With Caleb Okoli’s sending off last weekend, City are not making life easy for interim boss Andy King, nor for themselves as they bid to climb out of trouble following their six-point sanction.

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Their loss saw them slip a place in the table, and they remain outside the bottom three on goal difference alone.

Two of the four deadline-day signings came straight into the line-up, Jamaal Lascelles and Joe Aribo making their first starts of the season, as well as their maiden City outings.

But the...