Sunday Mirror

Rangers Al and hearty ROW

HERO ADOMAH SECURES FOURTH LEAGUE WIN IN

- By TIM NASH at the CBS Arena

ALBERT ADOMAH returned to the Midlands to execute a late smash and grab raid for QPR.

The former Aston Villa winger’s goal helped Rangers make it four league wins in a row.

But Mark Robins’ Coventry dominated for long periods, and Hoops boss Mark Warburton (right) admitted his highflyers were second best.

“I imagine Mark and his team are feeling very hard done by,” Warburton said.

“That’s football and that’s the Championsh­ip. But the overriding factor is emerging with three points despite playing way below our best, against an opponent who played significan­tly better. That’s the sign of a good team.”

Coventry’s Jamie Allen twice raced through only to fire too close to keeper David

Marshall.

Sandwiched in between,

Rangers took a sixth-minute lead through Andre Gray to delight their 4,000 following.

There seemed little danger when Gray received the ball on the left of the box, but the on-loan Watford striker saw a gap and coolly passed the ball into the opposite corner.

And QPR had Marshall to thank again for a double save from Viktor Gyokeres as the Sky Blues kept up the pressure.

Dom Hyam headed wide from Todd Kane’s corner before Callum O’Hare’s halfvolley was clawed away by Marshall. The hosts seemed to run out of steam before the break, though, and Rangers should have made it 2-0.

Adomah crossed, Gray missed and Lee Wallace ballooned over. Coventry got the goal their first-half dominance deserved on 50 minutes.

Kane fooled Rangers by taking his corner to the edge of the box, where left wing-back Jordan Shipley belted home first time.

There was a 13-minute delay after a Coventry steward was stretchere­d away after hitting his head.

When play resumed, Gyokeres flashed an angled shot wide and Gus Hamer’s drive was tipped away.

But, just like the first half, Coventry couldn’t make their chances count and were punished on the break.

This time Adomah glanced home Chris Willock’s cross in the 88th minute. Robins groaned: “We had good chances – 21 shots to their three – but didn’t take them.

“We opened them up brilliantl­y to a really high level and we’re wondering how we didn’t win it.

“So to lose it is a real kick in the teeth.”

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