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Coventry City 2 - 2 Luton Town

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Re: Coventry City 2 - 2 Luton Town

Postby dutchman » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:08 pm

Vincenti and McNulty put Sky Blues on top but Cuthbert and Collins hit back

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Coventry-born James Collins popped up with a late equaliser to deny his home town side the full three points against title chasing Luton Town.

First half goals from Peter Vincenti and Marc McNulty gave the Sky Blues a deserved and comfortable lead over the League Two high flyers going into the break.

But a second half fight-back saw the Hatters pull one back ten minutes into the restart before Collins – who Mark Robins had tried to sign last summer – rescued a point for the visitors.

Vincenti got City off to the best possible start with a goal after just two minutes of play, the recalled midfielder firing home at the far post after the keeper had parried a decent Tom Bayliss shot.

The home side kept the pressure on Town throughout the first half with the tactic of attacking being the best form of defence seeming to be the order of the night, and got their just rewards a minute from the break when McNulty doubled the lead from a 25-yard free-kick which he drilled into the far bottom corner of Marek Stech’s net.

City were a different side to the one that played so poorly agaisnt the bottom club Barnet at the weekend, racking up nine attempts in the opening 45, five of which hit the target.

The visitors mounted a second half fight-back and got themselves back in the game when skipper Scott Cuthbert bundled home at the far post from a deep Alan Sheehan free-kick.

And the visitors thought they’d equalised 12 minutes from time from another Sheehan deliver, only for the goal to be disallowed for off-side, much to the relief of the City faithful.

Town continued to mount increasing pressure on the Sky Blues who battled and fought for every ball to try to see the game out in a nerve racking end to the game when Burge made a brilliant reaction save to deny Collins.

But the Coventry born player headed home at the near post to spoil the party three minutes from time, getting the equaliser that Luton had been threatening in the second half.

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