Jordan Clarke has featured nine times for the first team this season

Coventry City and Atherstone Town both crashed out of the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday night.

The Sky Blues Academy team lost 3-2 at home to their M69 rivals Leicester City in the third round.

Nathan Cameron and Shaun Jeffers scored the goals for a City side that featured defender Jordan Clarke, who is on the fringes of the first team.

The Adders lost 5-0 at Huddersfield Town in their re-arranged second round tie at the Galpharm Stadium.

Coventry's Academy boss Gregor Rioch bemoaned his team's luck.

He told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: "You look at it and there are two or three deflected goals which have cost us.

"You can defend corners and you can defend free-kicks but we just need that rub of the green.

"The boys have done magnificently well and stood up against a very strong Leicester City side who have quite a settled side and week-in, week-out manage to play the same XI.

"I thought we did very well for the majority of the game."

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