Coventry 0 Stoke (2) 4 – 1/4/23 3pm
Wow! Stoke City obliterated a really decent Coventry side like they weren’t there. What is going on? FIVE excellent performances in a row! Against promotion seeking sides too. Here’s how the game unfolded in real time:
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Nick Powell, or old-Lazarus-face, is back, and he’s thinking he’s playing centre-forward (he isn’t) (surely!). Meanwhile, play-off chasing Coventry have the same recent record as Stoke’s excellent record (WWDD). Something’s gotta give.
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00.42 Ki-Jana Hoever sliced up by Jake Bidwell almost immediately. No prisoners being taken today.
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5.34 1-0 !!! Jacob Brown starts the move down the right with Smallbone, Powell tumbles spraying it to the left to Campbell to cross and Brown to slot home! A wonderful flowing goal! Powell still wants his free-kick!
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14.27 Ben Pearson brings striker Viktor Gyokeres down in a tackle, and Vik is furious he gets nothing! Ben brings that out in people. Meanwhile Smallbone and Brown have their shots blocked when it seemed easier to score. Powell STILL thinks he’s a centre forward!!
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38.33 Stoke actually having to defend after a punch-drunk Coventry start to recover from
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39.33 2-0 !!! Bizarre! A deeep clearance by Hoever down the right reaches Tyrese Campbell, who can’t believe he’s clear and not offside, slipping the ball past keeper Ben Wilson. You Could’ner Make It Up!
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HT 2-0!! Well, I never!
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51.52 Amazing save from Bonham to his left keeps Stoke’s lead intact. Who’s Jack replacing again?
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55.33 Dujon Sterling stretches and slips, allowing Fankaty Dabo to get a free shot on goal, thankfully wide. Great name, Fankaty! Not so good shooting.
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61.35 Good goalkeeping by Bonham, but Coventry’s Viktor tumbles over jack’s body just a bit too theatrically for the ref. Vik and Jack face off! Never seen Bonham facing down an opponent. Coventry crowd not happy bunnies. Particularly as Jacob Brown goes down for a ball in the face, and the ref stops play, then gives the ball to Stoke. Not a good day for the sky blues.
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68.58 Another brilliant save by Bonham, scrambling across to clear a certain goal off the line.
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70.45 3-0 !!! Finally, Smallbone puts the ball in the net. Just as everyone else has had a dig, Smallbone squeezes it through into the corner of the net.
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76.22 4-0 !!! Hoever slips in from the right to make it 4!! Powell replaced by Morgan Fox.
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Attendance is 23,000…well, it isn’t now as most Coventry supporters are on their way home!!
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77.22 Jordan Thompson on for Ben Pearson.
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83.10 Celina, Tymon, Baker replace Smallbone, Tyrese and Sterling.
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84.25 Tymon brings out a save in Wilson, who’s not had the best day.
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90+3 FT FOUR NIL!!! Blimey!!! What happened?!
