Alan Hutton's superb solo goal sealed Aston Villa's entertaining thrilling 4-2 victory over rivals Birmingham in Sunday's Second City Derby as Villa Park.
The defender held off four challenges during a 60-yard run before curling in to score just his third goal in seven years.
Lukas Jutkiewicz opened the scoring for Blues and Che Adams hit the post before quickfire strikes from Jonathan Kodjia and Jack Grealish turned the game on its head.
Tammy Abraham's penalty made it 3-1 after the restart but Kristian Pedersen dragged Birmingham back into the contest before Hutton killed off the game.
Villa climbed to eighth, now four points adrift of the Sky Bet Championship play-offs, while Blues remain 12th and remain winless at Villa Park since 2004.
Birmingham were solid, having lost just once in their last 13 games, and frustrated Villa before an even game burst into life with three goals in 11 minutes.
The hosts gifted the visitors their first Villa Park goal since April 2008 as they allowed Jutkiewicz to run completely unchecked from the edge of the box to meet Connor Mahoney's cross and volley in through Abraham's legs.
Birmingham smelt blood and a stretching Adams hit the post but within four minutes Villa turned the game around to lead.
Albert Adomah provided both goals as he first crossed for Kodjia to control and smash in from 10 yards after 37 minutes before Grealish raced off the back of the Blues defence to meet Adomah's delicious delivery from point blank range.
The momentum was with Villa and Abraham made it 3-1 from the spot six minutes after the break after he was dragged down by Michael Morrison as they scrapped for Adomah's cross.
The visitors hit back after 57 minutes when Pedersen volleyed in Adams' cross from 10 yards, but Hutton's stunning goal wrapped up the victory with 14 minutes left when he won the ball inside his own half and held off challenges from Jacques Maghoma and Craig Gardner.
The Scotland international advanced into the area, stepped inside Harlee Dean and curled around Morrison for just his third Villa goal in 186 games.
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