Bristol City manager says Tommy Conway is reaping the rewards for his hunger to succeed

Nigel Pearson praised Tommy Conway's hunger to succeed after the young Bristol City striker scored twice in the Robins' dominant 4-1 victory over Coventry.

The 20-year-old scored his second and third senior goals for the club inside 12 minutes as City blew the 'hosts' away with a clinical and ruthless first half performance.

Kal Naismith opened the scoring after 13 minutes when he headed in from close range before Conway finished beyond keeper Ben Wilson after latching onto Han-Noah Massengo's through ball just five minutes later.

On 30 minutes it was three as some superb work by Nahki Wells allowed Conway to stride forward before his deflected effort crept into the corner of the net to send the handful of City fans in the corner of Burton's Pirelli Stadium into raptures.

Jamie Allen threatened a second half comeback but City rode out the storm before Andi Weimann added the gloss on a brilliant performance to score his third in three games towards the end of the contest.

"He'll be disappointed not to get his hat-trick," Pearson said. "But that's what you want. You want ambitious players, I thought Nahki worked hard too especially in the first half.

"They give us pace and the ability to work the defence as Andi gives us as well. Andi played in a slightly deeper role today and they made eight changes and we wanted to cause them a problem with our pace. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses but what's important is that the players are ready to take opportunities.

"Tommy was in and around our squad last year and he's a player who we think has got a lot of qualities which will lend themselves to being very useful in the first-team. He's a youngster and he's very hungry for success and he works exceptionally hard