Coventry boss Mark Robins thankful for last-gasp Barnsley blunder

A grateful Mark Robins was grateful for a mistake in the Barnsley defence which allowed Dom Hyam to grab a last-gasp winner for Coventry.

The defender was in the right place at the right time after Ben Sheaf’s hopeful ball into the area and calmly finished to seal a 1-0 win for City.

“It took a poor piece of defensive play from them to give us an opening which thankfully we took, which makes it a brilliant three points,” said Robins.

“It was one of those games where there were a lot of turnovers, (it was) a bit scruffy and the surface was difficult, but we moved the ball as well as we could.”

Coventry peppered Brad Collins’ goal all afternoon to no avail before Hyam’s second goal in as many games earned Coventry just their third win in 10 home league games.

Robins added: “The goal from Dominic was a really good finish and something we needed, you could see the outpouring of relief more than anything else that we had broken the deadlock.

“They’d thrown bodies up front and tried to get runners, but ultimately we defended as well as we needed to and, but for maybe a little bit of tiredness or a lack of quality at times, we could have hurt them a lot more and put them to the sword a bit earlier.

“Their clearance wasn’t great, it fell to Dominic’s feet, he hit it true and it was a really good finish, but I’m delighted with the three points.”

Barnsley boss Poya Asbaghi described losing in addied time as “the worst feeling in football”, but he was satisfied with his side’s performance after they almost nicked a point despite not having a shot on target all game.

The Swede said: “It is the worst feeling in football when you lose in injury time and it is a tough one to take.

“The first half was even, but in the second half