Birmingham 0 Real Mallorca 1

Birmingham closed out their pre-season with a one-goal defeat at home to Real Mallorca.

Of three West Midlands clubs playing Spanish top-flight opposition today, Blues were the only ones to sample defeat after Emilio Nsue's second-half goal for the Europa League contenders.

At the same time, Wolves were beating Athletic Bilbao and Albion were drawing with Osasuna.

But it was harsh on Blues who had created the better openings at St Andrew's, with manager Alex McLeish hoping there will be no hangover in their Premier League season opener at Sunderland next Saturday.

Cameron Jerome, Scott Dann and Keith Fahey had all failed to get good opportunites on target before the woodwork came to Mallorca's rescue on 40 minutes.

Sebastian Larsson's free-kick was met with a glancing header from defender Roger Johnson, but the ball crashed back off the crossbar.

And it was to prove costly for Blues after the break when Mallorca scored the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute.

Victor Casadesus' burst clear of the hosts defence to square for Nsue, who calmly side-footed the ball past goalkeeper Ben Foster, making his home debut after a £6million move from Manchester United.