Furious Lampard Ignites Confrontation as Coventry Draw with Southampton.
During a tense Championship match, Coventry City grabbed a hard-fought 1-1 tie at Southampton in spite of battling an sickness bug and playing a 45 minutes with 10 men. Post-match scenes were marred by a scuffle instigated by the Coventry manager, who gestured multiple times at Saints fans following receiving abuse throughout the fixture.
The Sky Blues' Defiant Performance
Mark Robins's side were missing first-team regulars Sakamoto and centre-backs Thomas and Kitching due to a flu bug. Their task was compounded when Jay Dasilva was dismissed just 85 seconds into the second half. Despite this, they had taken the lead in the first half through Ephron Mason-Clark, who headed home for his 5th goal of the campaign.
The visitors believed they should have been given a spot-kick when Wright went down under a challenge from Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
The hosts, trailing at the break for the first occasion under boss Tonda Eckert, were given a boost by the sending off. They capitalized in the 56th minute, with Nathan Wood nodding in his first goal for the club from an Armstrong delivery.
In Other Division Action
Blackburn Rovers secured only their 2nd win at Ewood Park of the season with a two-nil defeat over Millwall. Gudjohnsen and Ohashi found the net before the interval goals to seal the points for Valérien Ismaël's team.
At Deepdale, Preston snatched a last-gasp leveler in added time through substitute Keane to earn a 1-1 tie with Norwich. Makama had thought secured victory for the Canaries with an 84th-minute goal.
Goalkeeper Mistake Harms Wrexham
Following a meeting of Welsh clubs, Wrexham endured a painful 2-1 loss to Swansea City after a last-minute error from keeper Arthur Okonkwo. Boss Phil Parkinson defended his player, stating:
"It's a costly mistake, but Okonkwo's been excellent. He's been a colossus of a goalkeeper and he will get every bit of support."
