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Millwall 1 - 1 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:24 pm

The Sky Blues had to settle for a point at mid-table Millwall in a hugely competitive game at The Den

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Viktor Gyokeres fired home his fifth goal of the season to give Coventry City the lead at Millwall but it wasn’t enough to secure the full three points in a highly competitive draw at The Den.

The in-form striker gave the Sky Blues a tenth minute lead but poor defending and a wicked deflection let the Lions back in on 21 minutes in a finely balance Championship contest with chances at both ends.

Millwall showed plenty of early attacking intent with Tom Bradshaw giving Dom Hyam the slip, only for Kyle McFadzean to come the rescue with a brilliant sliding block in the box.

But man of the moment Gyokeres gave City the early lead with his third goal in three games, and fifth in eight, with a lovely finish across Bartosz Bialkowski.

The move started with a Hyan driving forward into the final third and squaring a pass to the big striker who pulled wide of his marker in the box and picked his spot.

The visitors looked really good on the attack, brimming with confidence but the Lions soon got back on level terms when a break down the right resulted in a low cross to the box where George Saville hit a shot that took a deflection off Todd Kane to wrong foot keeper Simon Moore.

It was a poor goal to concede with City’s defence pulled all over the place and Millwall continued to cause problems down the right where City’s defenders were guilty of not getting close enough to cut out the supply line to the strikers.

The game was fairly even to the break with Kane and Gyokeres firing wide before Tom Bradshaw sent a diving header past Moore, only for Coventry to be saved by the off-side flag.

Gyokeres was played through beautifully by Callum O’Hare in first half stoppage time, only to be denied by the keeper at his near post.

City started the second half well with Kane slipping a lovely ball to Matty Godden, only for the striker’s low shot to be blocked by the keeper.

Moore pulled off another good save to deny Bradshaw at the other end before a brilliant counter attack saw Gyokeres racing into the box where his shot was blocked at the last second in a game that hung in the balance and could have gone either way.

Both sides kept plugging away in search of a winning goal with City gaining a nice bit of momentum midway through the second period with some decent approach play just lacking that final bit of quality to find the back of the net.

Robins made late changes with Jamie Allen and Tyler Walker going on for O’Hare and Godden for the last nine minutes of an increasingly frantic affair.

But both sides had to settle for a point in the end, which ended a decent week for the Sky Blues.

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Re: Millwall 1 - 1 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:29 pm

Lions share points with Coventry

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Millwall and Coventry shared the points in an entertaining Championship match that should have had more goals.

The Sky Blues' Viktor Gyokeres struck for the fifth time in eight games this season to put the visitors in front.

Lions' George Saville's deflected strike levelled the game in the first half, before Gyokeres and team-mate Matt Godden missed clear chances.

Coventry continued to impress with lively attacking play after the break without finding a winner.

Millwall made a bright start with Tom Bradshaw breaking through the visiting defence and firing wide.

But the away side were first to find the net after defender Dominic Hyam brought the ball forward for Gyokeres, who fired low into the bottom corner.

The Lions replied brilliantly when Jed Wallace's cross found midfielder George Saville unmarked in the area, his shot going in off a defender.

With the game stretched, Scott Malone nearly put the hosts ahead with a close-range half-volley, with Gyokeres' ball across the box narrowly missed by Godden moments later.

The two Coventry forwards were on the same wavelength throughout, as Godden slid the ball through for the Swedish striker, only for his shot to go inches past the post.

Millwall's Bartosz Bialkowski then expertly intervened to prevent Gyokeres squeezing the ball in from a tight angle on the left side of the area, before Bradshaw had a diving header ruled out for offside.

He was then thwarted when onside by Bialkowski's opposite number Simon Moore in the second half.

The Sky Blues looked most likely to make it to 2-1 in the closing stages, but Ben Sheaf's volley went wide and Callum O'Hare shot over.

Coventry City manager Mark Robins told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire:

"I think we have got to take it and be pleased with a point. We started off brightly and we created a lot of chances today. Decisions could have been better and the goalkeeper made saves. From our perspective, I thought it was a brilliant game of football - our support was outstanding."

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