Goals by defender Mo Konjic and striker Lee Hughes in the last 12 minutes of
brought Coventry their first home win since Christmas.
But for the first hour Rotherham did well enough to suggest that they might
leave Highfield Road with a share of the spoils.
Coventry moved up a gear after a disappointing first-half performance and
twice hit the Rotherham woodwork as they went in search of a winner.
In the 68th minute David Thompson floated a corner kick to the far post from
where Lee Mills headed against the crossbar and defender Calum Davenport put the
rebound wide.
Then four minutes later Thompson tried a snap-shot which struck the base of an
upright.
Coventry had initially left Hughes on the bench but he came on to replace Jay
Bothroyd in the 62nd minute.
He should have scored 14 minutes later when Coventry goalkeeper Magnus Hedman
fired the ball upfield and United stopper Michael Pollitt collided with defender
Martin McIntosh on the edge of the penalty area.
It gave Hughes a clear run on goal but he chose to cut back inside allowing
Pollitt time to recover his ground and make the save.
But the Sky Blues did go in front in the 78th minute when centre-back Konjic
powered past two defenders and hammered in a shot which Pollitt could only parry
at the near post.
Hughes put the rebound against the crossbar but Konjic then flung himself full
length to head the second rebound into the net.
Hughes secured the points in the third minute of stoppage time when Pollitt
fumbled a 25-yard shot from on-loan midfielder Colin Healy and the striker was
on hand to whip the ball into the roof of the net.
Lee Carsley, a target by Everton this week, was missing from the Coventry
line-up but club officials said he was resting at home suffering from
influenza.
Everton had a £1.5million bid for the Irish midfielder rejected at the weekend
but are expected to make an improved offer.
Teams
Coventry: Hedman, Quinn, Konjic, Breen (Davenport 54), Hall,
Delorge, Safri, Healy, Thompson, Bothroyd (Hughes 63), Mills.
Subs Not Used: McSheffrey, Montgomery, Betts.
Goals: Konjic 79, Hughes 90.
Rotherham: Pollitt, Scott, Swailes, McIntosh, Hurst,
Warne (Monkhouse 82), Mullin, Talbot (Daws 77), Sedgwick, Lee,
Robins (Richard Barker 77).
Subs Not Used: Gray, Branston.
Att: 12,893
Ref: G Cain (Bootle).
E-mail Article 
Print-Friendly
Subscribe to RSS Feed 
Post to del.icio.us
Facebook