Death, taxes and Bristol City conceding from a corner.
It was a familiar tale as Nigel Pearson hit out at his side's defending as Birmingham punished the Robins with two early goals to ensure they took the three points back to the Midlands.
The manager wanted a response to the defeat at Nottingham Forest a week ago and it was anything but after Tahith Chong opened the scoring with just two minutes on the clock.
