Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Coventry City

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Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Oct 16, 2021 6:00 pm

Another stirring comeback secures point at Blackburn Rovers

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Recent history would suggest that the opening half of games are not Coventry City's specialty, but they are making a habit of fighting their way back into games as they came from behind to draw 2-2 with Blackburn Rovers.

The opening 20 minutes were devoid of any clear chances until Ben Sheaf tested the Rovers goalkeeper. The midfielder received the ball on the edge of the area from a cleared corner and cut onto his right foot before whipping it towards the bottom corner, but Thomas Kaminski was equal to it.

The action began to liven up at this point as just moments later wing-back Ryan Nyambe cut inside to curl in a fantastic effort with his left, but Simon Moore made a great save to keep things level.

Tyler Walker had a chance to give City the lead in response three minutes later, but Kaminski made another stop. The ball fell to Liam Kelly, but he could only direct the ball narrowly wide.

Six minutes before the interval, Joe Rothwell opened the scoring after completing a one-two with Sam Gallagher, before dinking the goalkeeping and finishing into the net.

The roles were reversed for the second goal, as Rothwell provided a cut-back for Gallagher, who fired the ball the ball into the top corner to make it 2-0 to the hosts.

For the third game in a row City found themselves behind at half-time, but just as they did against Fulham before the international break they showed both resilience and class to get back in the game.

On the hour mark Callum O'Hare won possession before playing it out wide to full back Todd Kane, whose cross was turned into the net by Walker.

Less than ten minutes later the Sky Blues found an equaliser through a mixture of hard graft and good fortune, as Viktor Gyokeres shrugged off several challenges before laying it off to Kelly, whose effort hit the post and went in off Kaminski for an own goal.

That's how it ended as Coventry dropped to third in the Championship table with Fulham pipping them on goal difference following their 4-1 win over QPR earlier in the day.

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Re: Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Oct 16, 2021 6:02 pm

Coventry recover to draw at Blackburn

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Coventry City fought back from two goals down to earn a deserved point at Blackburn Rovers in the Championship.

Tyler Walker sparked the second-half comeback with a neat first-time finish from Todd Kane's cross.

The Sky Blues' equaliser had a huge slice of luck about it as Liam Kelly's long-range strike crashed off the post before bouncing off the head of goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski and in.

Joe Rothwell's clever dink and Sam Gallagher's powerful effort into the top corner had put Blackburn 2-0 up, and they almost won it late on but Michael Rose cleared off the line following a scramble in the box.

The away point maintains Coventry's excellent start to the season, with Mark Robins' side fourth in the table, while Rovers are now without a win in three matches.

Blackburn could only name top scorer Ben Brereton Diaz on the bench after the 22-year-old played for Chile in the early hours of Friday morning.

But they did not appear to be missing their main striker when Rothwell and Gallagher played a neat-one two to set up the opening goal before Rothwell's cut-back was superbly finished by Gallagher on the stroke of half-time.

With Coventry growing into the game after the break, Walker halved the deficit and they were soon level as Kaminski could only watch the ball trickle over the line.

Blackburn pushed for a winner but an offside Brereton Diaz was denied by a superb stop by Simon Moore in stoppage time as both sides had to settle for a point.

Coventry boss Mark Robins:

"Second half, we came out and were really brave. To go two down was a real blow because it was a poor goal we gave them. But we know we're a good side when we believe and in the second half they showed belief and showed some bottle, had a go and it made for a really entertaining second half.

"I think we really deserved it (the draw)."

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