Mark Robins makes ‘unacceptable’ admission but points to Coventry City frailties
Coventry City match reaction from CoventryLive as former Sky Blues boss gives his verdict on Saturday’s 3-2 Stoke City defeat
Mark Robins branded his Stoke side’s defending as “unacceptable” on a day when he insisted his former Coventry City team were “there for the taking.”
The former Sky Blues boss was clearly angry with all three goals scored against the Potters on his first return to he CBS Arena – two from Victor Torp in the first half before Bobby Thomas popped up with a 97th minute winner after Sam Gallagher had pulled the visitors level after the break.
Providing his assessment of the game in his post-match press conference, a frustrated Robins said: “We started brightly. We created three chances before they’d had a shot on target. We didn’t trouble the goalkeeper really, you’ve got to take them. They’re there on offer, go and take them!
“That puts them on the back foot and then their first effort on goal ends up in the back of our net. It’s too easy, we’ve allowed him to jump into our centre half, who doesn’t see him coming, and allows him to get a header and flick it into the far corner.
