Spitting mad Fam revenge

LEE JOHNSON claimed match-winner Famara Diedhiou’s goal was the just response to the spitting row against Birmingham.

Bristol City’s £5.3million record signing Diedhiou, 25, bagged the only goal to end Brum’s nine-month, unbeaten home record, a sequence of 16 League games stretching 277 days.

The last time the sides met, a 3-1 win for the Robins on April 10, Diedhiou (right) was hit by a six-match ban for spitting in the face of David Davis. Johnson said: “That was important after the spitting incident. We felt that was unjust.

“I’m delighted for him because he felt that was very unjust and he was hurt that he got punished.

“The best way to answer those critics is to put the ball in the net, not fling your elbows around or to hurt people in tackles, but to punish people by scoring.”

Johnson added: “I’m sure he would have kept the motivation inside.

“There was no video evidence at all, it was his word against someone else’s, but we came out the loser, which is pretty frustrating.”

Monk blasted the decisions to deny his side three penalties after Jacques Maghoma and Che Adams, twice, went down in the box.

“We had three penalty appeals turned down. It was incredible how we didn’t get at least one of them,” said Monk.

“Maghoma’s was clear, the first one. There’s not only one contact, there’s two contacts from two different players.

“Then the second one, Che was pushed to the ground. The third one, there was contact, but the ref said he went down too easily.”

Johnson disagreed, saying: “The first penalty is the only one I felt could have been. It was 50-50.”

Bristol City’s former Aston Villa forward Andreas Weimann tried to silence the Blues boos, but his volley was hacked off the line by Michael Morrison on 10 minutes.

Then came the first penalty controversy when Maghoma appeared to be felled by Adam Webster.

Blues were sparked into life when Lloyd Kelly barged Maxime Colin, to earn a booking.

But Bristol City scored with the first serious attack of the second half.

Diedhiou glanced home Callum O’dowda’s inswinging corner at the near post ahead of Dean.

Blues’ best chance came seven minutes from time when Lukas Jutkiewicz’s glancing header hit the inside of the post.