Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Coventry City

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Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:14 pm

James scores as Ostigard sent off

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Matty James secured a valuable point for Coventry City against former manager Tony Mowbray’s Blackburn Rovers.

The Sky Blues gave their opponents a head start in the game with some dreadful basic defending in the first half, allowing Ben Brereton to score a gift of a goal.

But they got themselves back on level terms early in the second half through the experienced Leicester City loan man James before attempts at going for a winner were hampered when they were reduced to ten men when Leo Ostigard was sent off for a second yellow card eight minutes from time.

Coventry enjoyed all the early possession as they started the game with real purpose, with Sam McCallum putting two decent balls into the box and hitting the side netting in the opening four minutes.

The visitors continued in the same vein with Jordan Shipley hooking a shot over the bar on 11 minutes after a clever flick on from Matty James who provided plenty of guile going forward.

Rovers grew into the game and began to see more of the ball, which they managed to feed into the box on a couple of occasions which required City to defend well to deny the runner making contact.

And the home side took the lead from out of nowhere when overlapping right-back Ryan Nyambe edged past McCallum and pulled the ball back into the box where Dom Hyam swung his leg and failed to clear, leaving it to run free to the unmarked Brereton who thumped it into the back of the net from the edge of the box.

The 27th minute lead came against the general run of play against a poor looking Rovers side who had looked there for the taking until the setback.

Leo Ostigard thought he’d pulled City level when he turned the ball in at the far post from a James’ free-kick just past the half hour mark but the goal was ruled out for off-side.

Barry Douglas almost doubled the lead two minutes from the break when his angled free-kick clipped the far post before Adam Armstrong was played through on the right and denied by the out-stretched foot of Ben Wilson as Rovers ended the half the stronger of the two sides.

City missed Callum O’Hare’s energy and Gustavo Hamer’s guile in the opening half – the pair rested on the bench – but Robins’s men got themselves back in the game early after the break when Shipley and McCallum combined well down the left, resulting in the wing-back sending in a deep cross which Tyler Walker knocked down with his head before James pounced with a hooked shot into the back of the net.

Robins then made a triple substitution on 70 minutes with O’Hare and Hamer replacing Shipley and James in midfield and Josh Pask going on for the tiring Dabo for the last 20 minutes.

Viktor Gyokeres followed as he replaced the tired-looking Walker up top as Rovers threatened with a string of late corners and free-kicks.

City were then reduced to ten men when Ostigard was sent off for his second yellow card eight minutes from time, for a professional foul on Armstrong, having been booked a few minutes earlier for reacting angrily to a challenge in the box.

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Re: Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:29 pm

Blackburn draw with Coventry to end losing run

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Ben Brereton's first-half goal helped Blackburn end their five-game losing run with a point against 10-man Coventry.

The visitors struck the bar inside 20 seconds but found themselves behind after 27 minutes when Brereton struck a sweetly-struck shot past Ben Wilson.

Rovers held their lead until the 50th minute when the Sky Blues equalised after Matty James applied the finish to Tyler Walker's headed pass.

Coventry had Leo Ostigard sent off with eight minutes remaining after the Norwegian picked-up a second yellow card as the game finished all-square.

The Sky Blues made a bright start to the game, hitting the bar inside the opening minute when Sam McCallum's cross sailed over Thomas Kaminski and grazed the top of the woodwork.

McCallum was involved again soon after but dragged a shot wide from the edge of the area, before Jordan Shipley fired over on the half-volley.

The hosts took some time to settle but went close after 21 minutes when Harvey Elliott produced an inviting cross which looked destined to find Brereton until Ostigard intervened.

Rovers were rewarded for their improvement shortly before the half-hour mark when Ryan Nyambe's ball was not dealt with by the Coventry defence, allowing Brereton to lash it home from just outside the box.

The Sky Blues thought they had equalised soon afterwards but Ostigard's effort from a McCallum pass was ruled out for offside.

Blackburn then went close to doubling their lead a minute before half-time when Barry Douglas swung in a dangerous free-kick which missed everyone but rebounded off the post.

Coventry got themselves back on level terms five minutes into the second half when the influential McCallum's cross was headed-down by Walker to James, who found the back of the net.

Their chances of claiming all three points took a blow when Ostigard was dismissed, but the draw does move them six points clear of the relegation zone.

Coventry manager Mark Robins told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:

"I thought we started brightly and controlled the game and then for whatever inexplicable reason we started giving the ball away, which gives them a little bit of a foothold and they've got quality players in the final third.

"You can't switch-off for a second but we gave them a sniff and they ended up scoring the goal. Our away performances haven't been good enough but this week's away performances have actually been to a good level, even though we've not got the points we think we deserve.

"To go down to ten men was a travesty. I didn't think there was anything in the second one but he [the referee] got his cards out really quick to send him off and obviously that's a blow to us to win the game."

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