Coventry suffered a second-half collapse to pile more pressure on manager Tony Mowbray as they were beaten 2-0 by high-flying Fleetwood.
The Sky Blues bossed much of the opening spell, but Mowbray's men struggled to turn pressure and possession into meaningful chances.
Devante Cole might have opened the scoring within 10 minutes, when David Ball picked out his run, but the former Manchester City youngster fired straight at keeper Reice Charles-Cook.
The hosts went close again on 15 minutes when Ball looked to benefit from a collision between keeper and defender, but his goalbound lob was cleared off the line by on-loan Newcastle defender Jamie Sterry.
It took Coventry until the last five minutes of the half to carve out a real opening, when Vladimir Gadzhev's free kick almost beat Chris Neal but substitute Marcus Tudgay was unable to turn home at the back post.
The Sky Blues continued to press from the restart but were caught on the break for Fleetwood's opener.
Kyle Dempsey, on loan from Huddersfield, launched a delightful diagonal pass to pick out the run of Chris Long, the on-loan Burnley striker showing a cool head and clever feet in the box before slotting low under Charles-Cook.
The hosts did not take long to double their lead, Ball mopping up a loose pass 25 yards out to release sub Martyn Woolford, who took a touch before blasting low inside the near post.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
- Published14 January 2018
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