Coventry City leave Luton Town boss bereft after big comeback at the CBS Arena
Coventry City left Luton Town boss Rob Edwards feeling “as bad as he has ever felt in football” after their comeback victory at the CBS Arena.
The Hatters took a 2-0 lead into the break against the run of play against the side they beat on penalties in the 2023 play-off final at Wembley Stadium to get to the Premier League. Now back in the Championship, Town looked like they were going to inflict more pain upon the Sky Blues with goals from Carlton Morris and Elijah Adebayo putting the visitors in pole position after the opening 45 minutes.
But goals from Ellis Simms and Victor Torp pulled Mark Robins’ men back on level terms in the second half before Haji Wright scored a stoppage time winner to send Edwards back to Kenilworth Road empty handed.
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“Yeah look, it’s on me, 2-0 up away from home and we have lost the game,” he said in his post-match assessment. “I feel as bad as I have ever felt in football right now. It’s difficult to come out now and speak.”
He added: “It was difficult, it was hard. We tried to make changes earlier, even at 2-0 we changed the pressing because they were going fairly direct and in behind anyway.
“Ultimately we haven’t defended well enough, they get a glimmer of hope from a set piece and the momentum is with them and in the stadium.
“We tried everything, players are giving me everything but ultimately we’ve lost the game from a commanding position and that’s on me.
“It was hard because we were trying to press but as soon as the ball would go to an outside centre back for them it was spinning in with quality in behind, it was hard then to try and get any foothold in the game.
“We defended well in the first half and had to put bodies in the line but we didn’t do that well enough in the second half.
“Six days now before we go again. Two good performances but ultimately it’s one win and two defeats.”