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Brentford bad boy Neal Maupay took to social media to share a photograph of his battle wounds after the bruising bore draw with Brentford.

The Bees striker suggested he had been hard done by, picking up a booking against Blues, despite leaving the field with nasty looking cuts down his neck and back.

Maupay was public enemy No.1 during yesterday's match at St Andrew's with Birmingham fans and players refusing to forgive or forget his previous antics in this fixture.

Back in the 1-1 draw at Griffin Park in October he played a part in Maikel Kieftenbeld's controversial red card which was later rescinded.

(Image: NealMaupay Instagram)

This time, however, the French frontman suggested he was the victim, not the aggressor.

"Guess who got the yellow?" he asked alongside the photo of his scratches.

His manager Thomas Frank also felt Maupay deserved more protection from referee Peter Bankes.

He said: "I would say in general I think the match official needed to protect the key players in the game.

"You should see Neal's (Maupay's) back. There are scratches all the way down on his back.

"I know that is part of the game. I understand what happens but if you are smashed and hit every single game for 90 minutes there comes a time when all of us would be annoyed over those situations."

Blues boss Garry Monk felt Maupay was far from innocent and was not at all impressed with the forward's behaviour.

“For me it’s just a shame he gets away with it. He constantly does it, not just in the two games we have played, he does it in every game,” Monk said.

“From my point of view that’s not my cup of tea, I don’t think that’s what people want to watch, throwing themselves to the ground trying to get players sent off. Every single game, continuously, nothing gets done about it. That’s not our problem.

“That’s Brentford’s problem, that’s their make up to do those things. All the best to them for that, it’s not our cup of tea.

“If you asked a lot of teams’ fans they don’t really want to see that but they constantly do it and constantly get away with it.

“That’s up to the referee and Brentford to address that. We just try and go about our job.”