Birmingham keeper Maik Taylor has hailed his Manchester City counterpart Shay Given as one of the world’s best and believes he has become even better since his move to Eastlands.

Birmingham City keeper Maik Taylor wants to retain the jersey for Monday’s trip to Anfield.

Birmingham keeper Maik Taylor has hailed his Manchester City counterpart Shay Given as one of the world’s best and believes he has become even better since his move to Eastlands.

Maik Taylor remains hopeful he will be given a chance to win his place back in goal for Birmingham City.

Alex McLeish believes Maik Taylor will earn a new contract at Birmingham before his current one expires at the end of the season.

Birmingham City keeper Maik Taylor is hoping to get the nod to start in goal against Manchester United.

Maik Taylor has vowed to fight for his first-team place at Birmingham after the arrival of Joe Hart on a season-long loan from Manchester City.

Maik Taylor has pinpointed Birmingham’s squad depth as a major factor in getting the club to the brink of a return to the Premier League.Blues have endured a bad spell of injuries in which most of the club’s strikers were unavailable at various points, and these problems threatened to derail their automatic bid.

Maik Taylor has predicted that Blues will be ‘up for it’ at Watford today.

Birmingham will be without the backbone of their promotion-chasing side for the crucial Championship trip to Watford on Saturday.Goalkeeper Maik Taylor will serve a one-match suspension having seen his appeal for wrongful dismissal rejected by the Football Association’s regulatory commission.