Huddersfield Town vs Coventry City. Sky Bet Championship.
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Report and highlights from the Sky Bet Championship clash between Huddersfield and Coventry at the John Smith's Stadium; Danny Ward scored opening goal in the 18th minute but Matt Godden netted equaliser in injury-time for Coventry
Saturday 11 December 2021 19:32, UK
Matt Godden scored an injury-time equaliser to secure Coventry a deserved 1-1 draw away to Huddersfield in the Sky Bet Championship.
Danny Ward gave Huddersfield the lead in the 18th minute with a neat first-time finish from Harry Toffolo's cross.
That looked as though it would be the winner as Coventry spurned a number of chances, Callum O'Hare denied twice by Lee Nicholls in the first half and Jamie Allen hitting the post after the break.
But Godden flicked in Jodi Jones' cross in the 93rd minute to rescue a point for the visitors.
The result leaves both sides outside the play-off places, with Coventry behind sixth-placed Stoke on goal difference and Huddersfield four points behind.
If Huddersfield had held on for all three points they may have counted themselves fortunate after a game that was largely played in their half.
Coventry's best chances of the first half fell to O'Hare, who saw an attempted lob comfortably saved by Nicholls before firing at the goalkeeper from 10 yards out.
Both those opportunities came after Huddersfield had taken the lead with a well-worked goal, Toffolo crossing into the box from the left for Ward to stroke it first time into the bottom corner.
Huddersfield could have made it 2-0 early in the second half when Duane Holmes' shot was tipped onto the post by Danny Ward.
But Coventry continued to find openings and saw Allen strike the woodwork with an effort from outside the box. Nicholls then tipped over a header from Dominic Hyam, who should have scored a few minutes later when he nodded wide from a corner.
Huddersfield had a fantastic chance to put the game to bed when Matty Pearson missed the target with a header from close range.
That miss proved costly as Godden popped up to head in Jones' cross with time running out.
Had Godden not scored the last-gasp equaliser then the man-of-the-match award would certainly have gone to Huddersfield goalkeeper Ward, who made a number of good saves to keep the visitors at bay.
Godden was also a contender for grabbing the goal for Coventry but Allen was lively throughout and went close to scoring when he hit the post.
Huddersfield's Carlos Corberan: "We conceded too many chances. We were close to the win but we needed to do more in the second half. We needed to attack more. We didn't attack in the second half.
"We attacked well in the first half. We didn't use the ball well enough and were defending too deep. We needed to change the emotion and feeling of the game and it always felt like they were close to scoring.
"We didn't show our personality enough and as such we risked the result and that is what happened today."
Coventry's Mark Robins: "Every point in the Championship is hard-fought but we played really well, other than the final finish. (We had) 22 shots on goal, over 65 per cent possession and enough chances to win this game, next week's game and the one after that.
"They had two chances and we had so many. We were good value for at least a point and we are disappointed to not take all three. I did feel the goal might not come. We have good goalscorers but chances were falling to players low on confidence and that's our problem."
Both teams are back in action on Saturday, December 18 at 3pm. Huddersfield travel to Ashton Gate to take on Bristol City, while Coventry host Stoke at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
