Get physical, attack the set pieces and catch them cold: How Coventry City can beat Arsenal at the Emirates
19.08.26, 13:23 Updated 19.08.26, 13:25 6 Minute Read
Rich Chamberlain
Coventry City return to the Premier League on Friday after 25 years away – and the fixture computer could hardly have given them a tougher task.
Arsenal. Away. The reigning Premier League champions.
So how on earth do you beat them?
Here at The Phoenix, we are eternal optimists. After all, Coventry have done this before. Bobby Gould’s Sky Blues went to Highbury on the opening day of the 1993/94 season and came away with a famous 3-0 victory thanks to a Mick Quinn hat-trick.
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Rich Chamberlain Rich is a lifelong Coventry supporter and the author of several books about the club, including When The Sky Was Blue, Benno: My Life in Football and Sky Blue Fall.