Coventry City 3-2 Luton Town: Sky Blues hit back to earn storming win.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Coventry City and Luton Town at the Coventry Building Society on Saturday; Ellis Simms, Viktor Torp and Haji Wright net as Sky Blues battle back for stunning win.
Coventry completed a spectacular second-half comeback as they came from two goals behind to beat Luton 3-2 at the CBS Arena.
The Hatters were 2-0 up at the break after Carlton Morris’ penalty and Elijah Adebayo’s second goal in consecutive games.
Ellis Simms powered home a header and Victor Torp’s spectacular effort got City back on level terms before Haji Wright bundled home a winner after Tom Holmes had been sent off.
It proved to be just a second win in 10 league outings for Mark Robins’ side, who lifted themselves out of the bottom three in the process.
Morris’ penalty came against the run of play after a strong start from Coventry.
A clever corner routine from the hosts led to Ben Sheaf’s flick giving Tatsuhiro Sakamoto a sight at goal which was blocked by the onrushing Adebayo, before Josh Eccles’ follow-up was pushed away by Thomas Kaminski.
Kaminsi was also called upon to save Milan van Ewijk’s strike from distance before Simms diverted Eccles’ free kick wide.
Sheaf then fired into the side netting after van Ewijk’s cut-back, but at the other end Sakamoto got himself in a tangle and brought down Tahith Chong in the box.
Morris stepped up to net his fourth of the season from the spot.
Luton almost doubled their lead through Chong, who took advantage of the space vacated by the stricken Bobby Thomas before turning and shooting, but his effort was brilliantly tipped round the post by Oliver Dovin.
Simms, who had only scored once in the league this season, glanced van Ewijk’s corner wide as Coventry looked for an immediate reply.
Luton extended their lead before half time when Tom Krauss played in Adebayo and the forward netted his second of the season by smartly lifting his effort over Dovin.
Robins’ side came out all guns blazing after the interval as they looked to reduce the arrears, firstly through Wright, who headed a dangerous cross from the right wide before seeing an effort deflected over the crossbar.
