Coventry City beat Swansea to extend Championship lead to nine points
Coventry City took a massive step towards Premier League promotion as they extended their lead at the top of the Championship to nine points with a ruthless 3-0 victory away to Swansea City.
Frank Lampard’s side scored three times in an 11-minute blitz before half-time to silence the crowd at the Swansea.com Stadium.
The result, combined with draws for closest challengers Middlesbrough, Ipswich Town, and Millwall, puts the Sky Blues in complete control with just seven games remaining.
Early scare before penalty breakthrough
The hosts started brightly and rattled the crossbar early on through a sweeping effort from Josh Tymon.
However, the visitors broke the deadlock after 32 minutes when Ben Cabango brought down Ephron Mason-Clark inside the penalty area.
Brandon Thomas-Asante stepped up to drive the resulting spot-kick under sprawling goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux.
Grimes haunts former club
The travelling supporters were soon celebrating again as former Swans captain Matt Grimes delivered a punishing blow against the club where he made 333 appearances.
The midfielder met a deflected clearance on the volley from 20 yards out, watching his sweet left-footed strike cannon in off the post.
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto added a third just five minutes later to effectively end the contest before the interval.
Absence of top scorer unfelt
The dominant performance was achieved even without star striker Haji Wright, who missed the trip to Wales due to a groin problem.
His absence prevented a highly anticipated shootout with Swansea’s Zan Vipotnik, who currently leads the American by a single goal in the race for the division’s Golden Boot.
Defeat leaves the Welsh outfit languishing in 14th place in the table with seemingly little left to play for this campaign.
