IN BRUGES and in dreamland.

Blues’ European adventure took another incredible twist on a night of drama unparalleled in club history.

Chris Wood scored the winner in the 10th minute of stoppage-time to secure a come-from-behind victory.

But more than that and the joint lead of Group H in the Europa League were the circumstances.

Blues appeared shaken by a terrible facial injury to Pablo, which accounted for the extra minutes.

But they summoned one last hurrah deep into added time to leave Club Brugge reeling.

And with it they made light of a slow start that cost them the initiative.

But once David Murphy had equalised Joseph Akpala’s goal, Chris Hughton’s men thoroughly deserved their reward from the late drama, as did the travelling army of 5,500 supporters who provided an electric backdrop that had the Jay Breydel Stadion rocking.

It all appeared so different at first.

Blues’ start was frustratingly poor, and they paid the price.

They looked half-asleep and like a team that had six changes and were getting used to one another and their surroundings.

They were too stand-offish and allowed Club Brugge easy possession.

The hosts scored via an attack down the right through Nabil Dirar, who crossed low towards the six-yard box.

Pablo slipped and Akpala got across him to deftly turn the ball on and past Boaz Myhill.

Blues just didn’t look at it or with it, yet when Murphy got the leveller, the transformation in the game was sharp and quite remarkable.

It was a neat, clever goal too as there looked not a lot on as Blues came down the Club Brugges left.

Nikola Zigic had been flattened in the build-up and only Adam Rooney was there in the penalty area to aim for.

But Jonathan Spector breezed inside his opponent to buy a little more time and support, and his low centre was met by Murphy at the far post.

Murphy nipped inside the defender stationed furthest on the right like a veteran goal-poacher and steered the ball into the bottom corner from close range with a cool left-foot sidefoot.

The south end of the stadium went wild and, with such incessant and cacophonous support behind them every step of the way, Blues grew in stature and Club Brugge looked a rattled lot.

Zigic had a shot on the turn blocked and as the half wore on the yellow shirts of the away side kept coming again and again in swarms.