Forest keeper Brice Samba simply didn’t cease Kyle McFadzean’s strike crossing the road
Coventry Metropolis captain Kyle McFadzean scrambled in an injury-time winner because the Sky Blues sensationally got here from behind to beat Nottingham Forest.
Of their first recreation within the metropolis since April 2019, Metropolis regarded out for the rely when Lyle Taylor’s first-half strike fired Forest forward.
However Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres lashed in an 81st-minute equaliser to spark a late turnaround for Coventry, who had spent the previous two seasons ground-sharing at Birmingham Metropolis’s St Andrew’s house.
Then, six minutes into added time, Forest twice repelled goalbound efforts earlier than large defender McFadzean fired via the group and Brice Samba couldn’t forestall the ball squirming throughout the road.
It was anguish for Forest, who had led on the break when Brennan Johnson’s breakaway stretched the Coventry defence, permitting Taylor to slip in and convert from shut vary.
That was solely a sixth objective for the membership for final summer time’s signing from Charlton Athletic – however his first away from the Metropolis Floor and his first in entrance of a crowd too.
There might need been a second Forest objective too simply earlier than the break however house keeper Simon Moore unfold himself nicely to return to Metropolis’s rescue as he denied Johnson.
Coventry, maybe daunted by the event of returning to their hometown within the first half, regarded an improved aspect after the break, going shut when Ben Sheaf’s side-footed effort hit the bar.
However the hosts step by step wore Forest down as the vast majority of the 20,843 crowd actually bought behind them – they usually had a double sting within the tail.
First, Callum O’Hare brought on sufficient confusion down the appropriate for his blocked cross to rebound into the trail of Gyokeres and his shot took a slight deflection earlier than discovering the again of the web.
Then, after Dom Hyam’s header was saved, O’Hare’s shot was blocked and McFadzean introduced the home down when his follow-up effort one way or the other made it throughout the road.
Lyle Taylor’s objective was his first for Forest away from the Metropolis Floor
Line-ups
Coventry
Formation 3-4-1-2
1Moore
23Dabo5McFadzean15Hyam
29Da Costa38Hamer14Sheaf18Maatsen
10O’Hare
9Waghorn17Gyökeres
1Moore23Dabo5McFadzeanBooked at 49mins15Hyam29Da CostaSubstituted forRoseat 45′minutes38HamerBooked at 61mins14SheafBooked at 34mins18MaatsenBooked at 55minsSubstituted forJonesat 70′minutes10O’Hare9WaghornSubstituted forWalkerat 69′minutes17Gyökeres
Substitutes
4Rose7Jones8Allen13Wilson16Pask19Walker26Shipley
Nottm Forest
Formation 4-2-3-1
30Samba
27Lawrence-Gabriel6Mbe Soh26McKenna13Bong
22Yates8Colback
23Lolley20Johnson17Mighten
33Taylor
30Samba27Lawrence-Gabriel6Mbe SohSubstituted forFigueiredoat 45′minutes26McKenna13Bong22Yates8Colback23Lolley20Johnson17MightenSubstituted forZinckernagelat 75′minutes33TaylorBooked at 58minsSubstituted forRibeiro Diasat 88′minutes
Substitutes
1Horvath3Figueiredo10Carvalho11Zinckernagel18Ribeiro Dias38Fornah44Again
Referee:James Linington
Attendance:20,843
Reside Textual content
Match ends, Coventry Metropolis 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Coventry Metropolis 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
Aim! Coventry Metropolis 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Kyle McFadzean (Coventry Metropolis) proper footed shot from the centre of the field to the underside proper nook following a set piece scenario.
Try blocked. Callum O’Hare (Coventry Metropolis) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked.
Try saved. Dominic Hyam (Coventry Metropolis) header from the appropriate aspect of the six yard field is saved within the backside proper nook. Assisted by Gustavo Hamer with a cross.
Callum O’Hare (Coventry Metropolis) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Cafú tries a via ball, however Tobias Figueiredo is caught offside.
Foul by Michael Rose (Coventry Metropolis).
Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the appropriate wing.
Dominic Hyam (Coventry Metropolis) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cafú replaces Lyle Taylor due to an harm.
Try saved. Kyle McFadzean (Coventry Metropolis) header from the centre of the field is saved within the centre of the objective. Assisted by Gustavo Hamer with a cross.
Fankaty Dabo (Coventry Metropolis) wins a free kick on the appropriate wing.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (Nottingham Forest).
Aim! Coventry Metropolis 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Viktor Gyökeres (Coventry Metropolis) proper footed shot from the centre of the field to the highest proper nook. Assisted by Ben Sheaf.
Fankaty Dabo (Coventry Metropolis) wins a free kick on the appropriate wing.
Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
Dominic Hyam (Coventry Metropolis) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
