TAKE That stormed back into the charts last night with their comeback tune Patience'. And after being undone by a DJ, unlucky Burnley must show patience of their own because their time to hit the winning trail again will surely come.

Substitute DJ Campbell sent the Clarets in a spin, turning the tables for Birmingham with a late winner from his first touch of the game.

But without wanting to sound like a broken record, a third-straight Championship defeat was harsh on Steve Cotterill's men.

Not for the first time this month, Burnley have been hard done by against one of the league's big-hitters.

There was nothing separating the Clarets at leaders Cardiff two weeks ago, except of course for Riccardo Scimeca's winning strike.

Once again, they were more than equal to Birmingham, but wherever little bits of fortune were handed out, it went the visitors way.

Their most crucial piece of luck came in the shape of their equalising goal.

Teenager Chris McCann sent Burnley into early dreamland, netting after just four minutes for his second strike in consecutive home games.

But the Blues hit back in bizarre fashion, Nicklas Bendtner scoring from close range after Michael Duff's clearance ricocheted against Jon Harley straight into the path of the Danish wonderkid.

Sooner rather than later, Burnley will earn the rub of the green their recent displays merit.

Maybe during tomorrow night's War of the Roses clash against Leeds, the ball will break in their favour.

But certainly, they need to start picking up points again after coming away empty-handed and slipping one place to fifth.

November is proving to be as difficult as it looked when the fixtures were released earlier this summer, with high-flying Cardiff, Albion and Birmingham in succession.

Likewise to their Midlands rivals West Brom, Birmingham are tipped for an immediate return toEnglish football's top-flight.

But while Albion lay claim to a host of experienced Premiership faces, Birmingham are relying more on talented youngsters to guide them back up.

The trio of Bendtner, Fabrice Muamba and Sebastian Larsson - all on loan from Arsenal - are cases in point.

Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has developed a reputation for unearthing young gems from across Europe and beyond.

Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue, Nicolas Anelka and Fabrice Fabregas - just a few players plucked from nowhere by Wenger and turned into world-class stars.

The raw talent of Bendtner, Muamba and Larsson is without question.

In the centre of Burnley's defence, Duff and Clarets skipper Wayne Thomas had their work cut out with skilful Bendtner, who Cotterill described afterwards as probably the Championship's best striker.

The tall Danish Under 21 international was a handful, but equally, Burnley front pair Andy Gray, Gifton Noel-Williams and Steve Jones gave the Blues rearguard a tough time.

In a fascinating contest, there was nothing splitting the two sides who warrant their places at the top end of the division.

Cotterill made two changes from the side that lost 3-0 at West Brom.

Steve Foster came in at right-back following the one-match suspension to Frank Sinclair and Micah Hyde was preffered to Wade Elliott.

Hyde slotted into central midfield alongside James O'Connor, while McCann was handed a role on the left-hand side.

The Irish teenager has certainly shown his versatility in recent weeks, having also fulfilled centre-back, central midfield and left-back duties this month.

Wherever he finds himself, the 19-year-old gives absolutely everything and he probably would play in goal rather than sit on the bench.

And McCann offered further proof of his goalscoring ability by opening the scoring for the Clarets after four minutes.

Foster's wonderful first-time cross from the right carried whip, bend and most importantly, accuracy.

The ball fell invitingly for McCann unmarked at the back post and, on the half-volley, showed excellent composure to convert past Blues stopper Maik Taylor.

The Clarets continued to press ahead and a second goal would have really cemented their early authority.

But there was always a danger lurking when Gary McSheffrey took hold of possession.

The former Coventry hitman, a £4m summer signing at St Andrews, was in an excellent position to equalise after charging past Duff and into the box.

But Duff refused to allow McSheffrey a sighter on goal and the Northern Ireland international,enjoying his best spell of form at Turf Moor, shrugged off the frontman before competing his clearance.

Duff deserved rich applause for mopping up the trouble, but three minutes later, the centre-half was cursing a rotten piece of luck as Birmingham levelled in fortuitous circumstances.

McSheffrey raced past Thomas down the right flank before firing a low delivery across the six-yard box.

The danger looked minimal as Duff set about hacking the ball safe. But his clearance ricocheted against Harley and, rather than cannoning away for a corner or somewhere safe, landed straight to Bendtner who calmly slotted past fellow Dane Brian Jensen.

Burnley shrugged off that blow and Jones was a whisker away from restoring his side's lead with a jinking run and shot that whizzed inches wide of the upright, his Northern Ireland colleague Maik Taylor well beaten.

But the Clarets were breathing a sigh of relief at the opposite end when Bendtner raced into the box before pulling the ball back for Neil Danns.

Jensen was stranded out of position, but Danns made a complete hash from 10 yards and scuffed his effort horribly off target.

The Clarets continued to spread the ball into good wide positions and, before the break, McCann was close again from Foster's pinpoint delivery.

Decible levels increased from the stands in the second-half as Burnley came out brighter than their visitors and showed greater dominance.

Chances dried up, however, although Noel-Williams looked to be denied a clear penalty when manhandled by Radhi Jaidi inside the Blues penalty box.

Substitutions were made as both sides tried to swing the pendulum their way.

Kyle Lafferty replaced the ever-determined Noel-Williams and Muamba made way for Medhi Nafti.

But it was the introduction of Campbell that proved decisive. Within 20 seconds of replacing Larsson, the former non-league hitman netted his side's winner.

Bendtner raced to the by-line before thrashing a tight-angled effort on goal.

Jensen failed to grasp his fellow Dane's fizzing shot and, from a yard out, Campbell pounced to bundle the ball home.

Rather than allow their hands to drop, Burnley fought back and almost nicked a late levellerthrough Lafferty.

But from Harley's precision cross, the youngster could not connect properly and Stephen Clemence hacked clear from his own goal-line.

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