Championship Roundup: Coventry Come From Behind To Win 5-3 At Derby

Coventry staged a stunning comeback to hit Derby 5-3 astatine Pride Park. The visitors, coached by nan erstwhile Derby head Frank Lampard, scored 3 times successful nan abstraction of 8 minutes for a singular victory.

The teams traded goals successful nan first half pinch Derby doubly coming from down to spell successful level astatine nan break earlier their captain, Ebou Adams, put them successful front. But aft Brandon Thomas-Asante equalised, Ephron Mason-Clark and Victor Torp settled a pulsating match.

Coventry’s first Championship extremity of nan play was tinged pinch bully luck arsenic Jacob Widell Zetterström punched Matt Grimes’s debased free-kick against Bobby Thomas and nan shot bounced into nan nett successful nan seventh minute. There was thing remotely fortunate astir nan equaliser 5 minutes later. David Ozoh won a free-kick connected nan near broadside of nan punishment area and Callum Elder bent his changeable astatine gait into nan top-right corner.

Haji Wright made nary correction erstwhile Coventry won a punishment successful nan 25th minute, but nan location broadside levelled successful first-half added clip aft Thomas handled a transverse and Carlton Morris coolly rolled successful nan penalty.

Five minutes into nan 2nd half Derby were ahead. A agelong propulsion dropped to Adams who placed a debased changeable into nan bottommost area from 10 yards, but nan crippled changed again arsenic Coventry scored doubly successful nan abstraction of 4 minutes. Another agelong propulsion successful nan 72nd infinitesimal was headed by Thomas against a station and Thomas-Asante bundled nan shot complete nan line.

Derby were caught acold 3 minutes later erstwhile Milan van Ewijk sewage successful connected nan correct and crossed for Mason-Clark to caput successful astatine nan backmost post. Four minutes later Coventry had a 5th pinch Torp fixed abstraction conscionable wrong nan area to occurrence a debased changeable successful disconnected nan near station to seal their first triumph astatine Derby successful 11 matches.

Norwich’s Josh Sargent celebrates scoring their 2nd extremity astatine Portsmouth. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images

Norwich won astatine Portsmouth acknowledgment to first-half goals from Harry Darling and Josh Sargent. Adrian Segecic scored a precocious consolation for Pompey, who besides missed a punishment done Colby Bishop.

Norwich had to past 10 minutes of added time, during which they appealed for different punishment erstwhile Connor Ogilvie went down nether Jacob Wright’s challenge. Instead, nan referee booked Ogilvie for simulation. Norwich survived a last scare erstwhile John Swift deed nan barroom pinch a controlled volley.

In nan different early game, West Brom hit Wrexham 3-2 for their 2nd triumph of nan season.