Coventry City 0 - 1 Mansfield Town

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Coventry City 0 - 1 Mansfield Town

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Re: Coventry City 0 - 1 Mansfield Town

Postby dutchman » Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:29 pm

Andy Turner reports from the Ricoh Arena

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Pre-season promotion favourites Mansfield Town dented Coventry City’s mid-term momentum by taking the full three points at the Ricoh Arena.

The Sky Blues went into the fixture on the back of three wins on the spin in all competitions and, crucially, renewed confidence after putting three goals past then league leaders Luton Town last time out in the league.

But they suffered yet another set-back to their stop-start campaign when the Stags plundered maximum points, courtesy of an Alex MacDonald wonder strike six minutes from time.

The goal had been coming for the visitors who were the better side in the second half, forcing City to defend for long periods and Robins’s men limited to just two attempts on goal – a Max Biamou header that was cleared off the line and a Jordan Ponticelli shot that was saved.

A busy first half ended goalless with both sides having chances and both keepers were called into action.

City’s best first half efforts came from Marc McNulty and Ponticelli, both of whom tested Conrad Logan, while at the other end Danny Rose curled a shot onto the post and Zander Diamond was denied by Lee Burge who tipped over the bar.

Robins was forced to reshuffle his back four midway through the second half after Jack Grimmer suffered a head injury and was replaced by Tom Davies who went on at centre-half as Willis switched out to cover at right-back.

Coventry had stood up to the Stags’ pressure well but were punished late on when they gave MacDonald far too much time to look up and let fly from 25-yards that hit the top corner of the net.

Attendance: 8,410 (1,565 away fans)

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