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| Coventry 2 v 0 Portsmouth Bothroyd 16 Carsley 71 SkyBlues: Hedman , Breen , Konjic , Shaw , Edworthy , Carsley , Thompson (Delorge 83) , Safri (O'Neill 71) , Chippo , Bothroyd (Martinez 59) , Hughes Subs not used: Goram , Quinn Bookings: Hughes 89 Portsmouth: Ilic , Crowe , Hiley , Zamperini , Vincent , Harper , Prosinecki , Quashie (Brady 88) , O'Neil (Pitt 68) , Bradbury (Vine 80) , Crouch Subs not used: Tardif , Buxton Bookings: Bradbury 10 Nilsson continued his dream start as goals from Jay Bothroyd and Lee Carsley gave The Sky Blues a 2-0 win over Pompey, Caretaker boss Nilsson made it four wins out of four as City work hard for the three points, and crowd trouble srarted by the pompey scum.which delayed the start of the second half by 10 minutes. This was after they had already ran riot in the town in the morning smashing up pubs,The police stepped in only to put them all on a bus and send them all up to the ground. The Sky Blues got off to the best possible start when Bothroyd punished hesitancy in the visitors' defence. A poor back pass let the youngster in and he lift the ball over the advancing Sasa Ilic in the Portsmouth goal. Pompey failed to convert any of there chances, with Croatian Prosinecki remaining in the shadows despite some flashes of brilliance. . City continued to put passes together and looked by far the more dangerous side, although Lee Bradbury should have levelled for the visitors but failed get his shot away. And it was Carsley who ensured the points, when he reacted quickest after Ilic parried Mo Konjic's header from a corner to sweep home his fourth goal of the season and keep the Nilsson bandwagon rolling. City have announced they will be launching a full investigation into the crowd violence over the weekend, with an official statement to be released on Monday. |