Cardiff City 0-1 Coventry City: Viktor Gyokeres condemns Bluebirds to first defeat of Mark Hudson era

Viktor Gyokeres condemned Cardiff City to their first defeat of the Mark Hudson era, netting the only goal of a closely-fought contest at the Cardiff City Stadium

The Swede, who had previously missed a glorious opportunity early on, struck midway through the first half after Ryan Allsop had initially saved Jamie Allen's low shot.

Despite that setback, Cardiff asked plenty of questions of the Sky Blues defence for much of the afternoon.

Callum Robinson had the ball in the net just after half-time, but was left frustrated after it was chalked off by referee Bobby Madley.

Interim boss Hudson, understandably reluctant to tinker too much with the formula that yielded such an impressive victory at Wigan Athletic, opted for just one change here, with summer signing Vontae Campbell handed his first start for the club.

With two goals and three assists to his name, Robinson had previously been involved in each of Cardiff's last five goals. Robinson limped out just before half-time in the win over the Latics, but showed little sign of rustiness here, and he was at the heart of his side's efforts in the final third for much of the afternoon.

But, on this occasion, he was upstaged by counterpart Gyokeres.

The former Swansea City striker should have opened the scoring early on. A mix-up involving Allsop saw the ball deflect off a backtracking Perry Ng straight into the path of the striker, who rounded the keeper only to blaze high and wide.

There were a couple of Bluebirds defenders to navigate, but it will have nevertheless gone down as a howler from a Coventry perspective, and a big let-off from a Cardiff point of view.

To be fair, it seemed to galvanise the hosts, who soon started showing some intent on the front foot from that moment