Tony’s 99 problems as Rovers let it slip
BLACKBURN manager Tony Mowbray did not enjoy his 99 as Rovers threw away two precious points in their push for a play-off spot.
Having solved their goals problem away from home, they allowed Viktor Gyokeres to equalise in the 99th minute.
But with referee Peter Bankes only adding on six minutes at first, Mowbray was furious at how the teams had carried on playing.
“I’m bemused by the time that was added on,” he said.
“We have to keep the ball out of the net, but we were let down by the officials today.”
The draw kept Blackburn in sixth place, but all the teams just below them play games in hand in midweek.
Their afternoon had begun badly as Harry Pickering put through his own net after eight minutes as he tried to stop Callum O’Hare’s run through on goal.
Mowbray brought on talisman Bradley Dack and leading scorer Ben Brereton Diaz in a double half-time change.
The impact was immediate as Dack headed in from John Buckley’s cross with his first touch, 15 seconds after the break.
Scott Wharton looked to have won it Rovers in the 82nd minute before Gyokeres headed in.
Sky Blues boss Mark Robins said: “I think we deserved a point as a minimum.
“We played brilliantly in the first half and in the second half their changes meant that the intensity changed in that instant.”
COVENTRY: Moore 6; Rose 6, Hyam 6, Bidwell 6 (Tavares 89th); Dabo 6, Allen 6, Hamer 7, Maatsen 6; O’Hare 7; Gyokeres 7, Godden 7
BLACKBURN: Kaminski 6; Nyambe 6, van Hecke 6, Wharton 7; Rankin-Costello 5 (Dack (46th) 8), Buckley 6 (Hedges 81st), Travis 6, Rothwell 6, Pickering 5; Giles 5 (Brereton Diaz (46th) 7), Gallagher 5
STAR MAN: Bradley Dack
REF: Peter Bankes