2️⃣5️⃣ “Brereton Díaz got on the end Clarke’s inch-perfect ball, which had evaded Carl Rushworth to head a deserved leveller into an empty net.
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FT: 🐘 #CoventryCity 3-2 #DCFC 🐏
A double from substitute Jack Rudoni, either side of Ben Brereton Díaz’s dubious penalty ensures the league-leaders win again.
The Rams were left ruing missed chances before the break as Coventry dominated the second half.
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There will be seven added minutes.
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90’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Victor Torp comes on for Matt Grimes.
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86’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Cruz Allen comes on for David Ozoh in Derby’s final change.
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80’ Goal.
Jack Rudoni slots into the bottom corner again, found by Sakamoto in far too much space.
He’s a beneficiary of poor marking, but it’s a classy finish, and maybe justice?
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77’ GOOAALL! Ben again! 🥅
Winner takes, and Brereton Díaz cooly passes the ball into the net after sending Rushworth the wrong way.
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76’ PENALTY FOR DERBY!
Fraulo plays the ball into the path of Brereton Díaz.
Rushworth gets his fingertips to the ball before the Chilean goes down, but it will not matter.
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73’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Oscar Fraulo comes on for Jaydon Banel.
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68’ Goal. Rudoni restores Coventry’s lead.
The midfielder plays the ball out to Van Ewijk who’s cut back deflects off Murkin and into his path.
Rudoni does well to keep his footing and place the ball into the bottom-corner.
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65’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Patrick Agyemang comes on for Carlton Morris.
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62’ TRIPLE SUBSTITUTION 🔄
Here come the Coventry cavalry!
Josh Eccles, Ellis Simms and Romain Esse make way for Jack Rudoni, Haji Wright and Ephron Mason-Clark.
🟨 Meanwhile, John Eustace has just been booked.
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60’ Coventry are having their best spell of the night here as they overload the box and slip through Eccles.
But the midfielder fires straight at O’Donnell at the near post.
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56’ WHAT A LET OFF.
Ward’s back pass is poor, and picked up by Eccles, but O’Donnell makes the stop with his left leg before Simms blazes the follow-up over the bar.
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52’ Brereton Díaz whips an inch-perfect cross to the back post, where Banel cannot control the ball to get a shot away.
Another big chance.
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46’ Coventry get the action back underway.
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HT: 🐘 #CoventryCity 1-1 #DCFC 🐏
Frank Onyeka’s opener threatened to knock Derby off course, but they responded by taking the game to Coventry.
Ben Brereton Díaz headed in a deserved leveller from Matt Clarke’s cross and The Rams ended the first 45 in the driving seat.
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45+3’ Derby overload the Coventry box to end the half, with Morris flicking Ward’s cross back into the middle, where Banel couldn’t generate the necessary power.
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45+1’ Banel! So close!
After the Burnley loanee is gifted the ball by a Coventry man, Rushworth makes himself big to deny the Dutchman, who just needed to lift the ball over him.
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There will be three additional minutes to end the first half.
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43’ Esse wins a corner as his ball cannons off Joe Ward: Eccles delivery is over everyone, though.
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38’ GOOAALLL! 🥅
Matt Clarke bursts forward through the inside left and drifts wide to cross.
The ball loops over Rushworth for Ben Brereton Díaz to head into an empty net at the back stick!
And now he’s alright! A deserved leveller!
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35’ Sakamoto hits a delightful ball forward for Simms, who then cuts inside, but is beaten to the ball by O’Donnell, who goes down but is okay.
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33’ Bobby Clark is looking like Derby’s brightest spark, making darts in behind, beyond Carlton Morris.
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31’ Brereton Díaz does well to beat Dasilva down the right and finds Clark, whose shot is blocked by Bobby Thomas.
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29’ 🟨 After mis-controlling the ball, Travis slides in on Eccles and is booked.
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27’ Play resumes with a Grimes corner, which O’Donnell holds.
Looking to profit from their temporary man advantage, Derby counter to no avail.
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26’ There is a break in play with Onyeka receiving treatment to his shoulder.
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24’ Morris drifts wide to hold the ball up and wins Derby their
first corner.
Murkin takes, and delivers it straight into Rushworth’s hands after the ball had already swerved out of play.
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21’ Eccles clips the free-kick to the back post and Thomas glances a difficult chance wide.
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