Spirit shown in Birmingham heartbreak can be a turning point in the season for Sheffield Wednesday

That’s the message of Owls boss Garry Monk, who believes the attitude shown was more reflective of the true nature of his side after a difficult start to 2020.

The Blues’ injury-time equaliser was a bitter pill to swallow for Wednesday on an afternoon that saw the Owls twice come from behind in a much-improved performance.

And for all the tactical tweaks and impressive individual performances on display, Monk was clear on what he was most impressed with.

He said: “The thing I liked today, one of the things thrown at us, when something has gone against us we haven’t come fighting back and quite rightly so.”

“Today a few things went against us but we came fighting back and got ourselves in a position to win the game and we were very unfortunate not to do that.

“As much as the talk will be about not winning, which I understand is the ultimate, so much of that performance was more like ourselves.

“I said to them, if you can focus on that and understand that and take that into the next game and the rest of the games this season you will be able to get ourselves some much more positive results and be much more like ourselves.”

Charlton will arrive at Hillsborough on Wednesday fresh off a vital 2-0 win over fellow relegation candidates Luton.

And Saturday can be a turning point in the season for the Owls, believes Monk.

“We showed the character to come back from adversity in those moments, getting back in the game twice,” he said. “Then in the second half we stepped up and got the lead. We should have buried it.

“You can come off the pitch and not win the match, but you can live with that a little bit more because you’ve given everything for it.

“I’ve said a number of times in this period that that had been our downfall. This was much more like ourselves.”