Франк Лампардын удирдаж буй Ковентри Премьер лигийн хүрээнд болсон тоглолтод Брайтонд 0:5-ын харьцаатай хожигдож, энэ улирлын анхны оноогоо авч чадсангүй.
Тоглолтын эхний хагаст талууд тэнцүүхэн өрсөлдсөн ч 35 дахь минутад Харалампос Костулас гоол оруулснаар зочдын давуу байдал эхэлсэн юм. Хоёрдугаар хагас эхлээд удаагүй байхад Малик Ялкуе тооны харьцааг холдуулсан бол удалгүй Ковентригийн довтлогч Тайво Авоний өрсөлдөгч тоглогч Максим Де Кёйперийг тохойлсон шалтгаанаар улаан хуудас авч талбайг чөлөөлсөн нь тоглолтын эргэлтийн цэг боллоо.
Тооны харьцаа 2:0 болсны дараа Брайтон илт давуу тоглолтыг үзүүлж, Паскаль Грос торгуулийн цохилтоос, Льюис Данк 25 метрийн зайнаас хүчтэй цохилтоор, харин Ясин Аяри нэмэлт цагт тус тус гоол оруулснаар тоглолт 5:0-ийн харьцаатай өндөрлөв. Энэхүү ялалтын дараа Брайтон лигийн хүснэгтийн дөрөвдүгээр байр руу дэвшсэн бол Ковентри хожигдлын цувралаа үргэлжлүүлсээр байна.
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Venue
- Coventry Building Society Arena
Charalampos Kostoulas 35′
Malick Yalcouyé 51′
Pascal Groß 70′ (Pen)
Lewis Dunk 83′
Yasin Ayari 90+4′
Coventry remain without a point in the Premier League this season after a terrible afternoon against Brighton.
The Sky Blues went down 5-0 and had summer signing Taiwo Awoniyi sent off for a shocking elbow on Maxime De Cuyper.
It was another disappointing collapse from Coventry who competed well in an even first half hour. But their confidence visibly drained once Charalampos Kostoulas put the visitors ahead 10 minutes before the break.
Malick Yalcouyé doubled Brighton’s advantage six minutes after the restart and Coventry’s challenge was effectively ended due to Awoniyi’s moment of madness shortly after.
Brighton showed no mercy and Pascal Gross added a third from the penalty spot after Bobby Thomas’ silly foul on Kostoulas before Lewis Dunk hammered a spectacular fourth into the top corner from 25 yards.
There was still time for Yasin Ayari to add a fifth with another superb strike to send the Seagulls into fourth spot.
Coventry
Brighton
Having lost their opening home game to Hull, in between defeats to Arsenal and Manchester City, the onus was on Frank Lampard’s side but they started nervously and ought to have been one nil down inside six minutes. Jay Dasilva made a horrible mess of a clearance and the ball fell nicely for Diego Gomez, but he screwed his shot wide from 12 yards.
Ephron Mason-Clarke threatened at the other end while Coventry’s Jack Rudoni headed over when well placed.
Rudoni came close again approaching the half-hour mark, connecting well with a volley at the far post but his shot was superbly saved by Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen.
Coventry were seeking their first Premier League goal since 2001 and it almost arrived three minutes later when Frank Onyeka lined up a volley only to see his effort tipped over by Verbruggen.
But just when Coventry were getting on top, they were caught out by a sucker punch at the other end. Kostoulas reacted quickest to a bouncing ball in the box, nudged it into his path and fired decisively past Carl Rushworth.
Coventry went into half-time still very much in the game but the momentum swung firmly in Brighton’s favour after the restart.
Yalcouye made it 2-0 for the visitors with a purposeful run and composed finish before Awoniyi then suffered a complete headless by swinging his elbow into the face of De Cuyper.
The atmosphere inside the CBS Arena fell flat and Brighton went through the gears.
Gross slotted home from the spot after Kostoulas was felled, Dunk hammered one into the top corner and Ayari showed clinical finishing by curling a late shot past the helpless Rushworth.
The Premier League Table
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Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
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Position 5 : Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
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Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation – Championship
