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Three goals, three different approaches – has Coventry City found the blueprint for survival?

Coventry City’s 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Saturday was undoubtedly a huge result, but perhaps even more significant than the three points was the manner in which the Sky Blues scored their goals.

04.11.26, 08:29 Updated 04.11.26, 14:51 7 Minute Read

Coventry City’s 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Saturday was undoubtedly a huge result, but perhaps even more significant than the three points was the manner in which the Sky Blues scored their goals.

Each of Coventry’s three goals demonstrated a different side to their attacking play, and all three contained elements that have been largely absent from Frank Lampard’s side during the opening months of the Premier League season.

There was the directness of the opener, the power and determination of the second and the patient, purposeful build-up that led to the third. Three very different goals, but all linked by one common theme: a willingness to move the ball forward with intent.

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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.

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