Coventry striker Leon Best bagged a brace as the Sky Blues ran riot to thrash Barnsley at the Ricoh Arena. Best, a transfer window target for Nottingham Forest, put the hosts ahead when he turned smartly and fired home.
Dennis Souza saw a header hit the bar before Julian Gray steered in a Best cross and then Best headed against the bar, Jay Tabb tapping in the rebound.
Best wrapped up the scoring with a cool finish from 12 yards after Liam Davis flicked on Tabb's left-wing cross.
Coventry boss Iain Dowie on Best:
"I did not want to sell Leon, he knows that. "He said he wanted to go there because it is his home town club but they never matched the valuation.
"He has set his standard now. He put in a 90-minute display today and Barnsley found him too hot to handle."
Barnsley manager Simon Davey:
"There is no disaster at Barnsley football club, but unfortunately it's two heavy defeats against Coventry this season. "They are a bit of a bogey side. Thank God we don't play them every week.
"I didn't expect it with their position but it is always a hard game here. Some of my players didn't turn up."
Coventry: Konstantopoulos, Osbourne, Ward, De Zeeuw (Dann 85), Fox, Tabb, Stephen Hughes, Doyle, Gray (Davis 83), Mifsud (Simpson 72), Best.
Subs Not Used: Cairo, Michael Hughes.
Booked: Fox.
Goals: Best 37, Gray 70, Tabb 75, Best 84.
Barnsley: Warner, Foster, Souza, Nyatanga, Tininho, Campbell-Ryce (Devaney 46), Howard, De Silva, Leon (Odejayi 71), Nardiello (Ferenczi 63), Macken.
Subs Not Used: Hassell, Coulson.
Booked: Macken, Nardiello, Howard.
Att: 16,449.
Ref: Mike Russell (Hertfordshire).
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