Mark Robins praised his side for fighting back and coming from behind to win 2-1 against Millwall at Coventry Building Society Arena.
City were on the back foot in the first half, but the Sky Blues made a comeback in the first three minutes of the second half to claim all three points.
Haji Wright scored both goals, and after the match Robins spoke about the character of his striker and the side as they looked to come back from behind to win.
Seize opportunities early on and change the game…
“We had to work hard for that today. We weren’t great from the start, but we had a really good chance to take the lead, but Haji hit the post, but before that he was hit by Tatsu. We had a chance to score, but the keeper made a decent save, but if we are ruthless we can take the lead and things could change.”
Looking back at the first half…
“They make it very difficult for you, condense space, come at you with aggressive, aggressive movements. And we just weren’t quick enough on and off the ball, so we found it really difficult. Ta.”
“We want to play fast. If they stop the passing course, concentrate the space and put their bodies in positions where they can chase you, we want to move the ball quickly, be accurate and have a good first touch. There must be” .
“We have an exciting way of playing and we have to be comfortable with it and move with it and play forward, but we didn’t do it fast enough and struggled to work on it. .
“The front players were probably the victims of that in the first hour and we couldn’t get them on the ball. I mean they had more encouragement to come after that, but they But doing that gave us some space in the back, and we didn’t.” Until we did it well enough or fast enough, we sometimes got over it, and when we got through it. , we looked dangerous, but by that time we might have lost the game, we might have conceded a few goals, but we kept going And we kept playing. ”
Make your changes and return to the game…
“This change ultimately made a difference because it gave them a different threat. We looked different than usual and managed to find space and find scoring opportunities and take shots, but That meant Haji was in a good position inside the penalty area and was brought down with a Stonewall penalty.
“I think there was some rock-paper-scissors that wasn’t ideal, but the ball hit the back of the net so it wasn’t a problem.”
“If you have two players who want to score and take goals and you have the confidence to do it, that’s fine. I’m not going to micromanage them. They’ve coped well and Haci has been scoring penalties regularly in Turkey. Look at his ability, and it was a really good penalty. ”
The second goal that won the game…
“That’s when we go forward and chase the game and Bobby Thomas plays a great pass to Callum through their press and he turns and runs with it and picks out Haji. I finished. And in the end, this is what happened.” Winner.
“He had a chance to get a hat-trick and Victor had a chance but it went just over the bar.
“We looked more threatening, we defended well until the end of the game and we handled ourselves really well.”