Coventry City opposition verdict from CoventryLive as Potters’ boss Alex Neil identifies deficiencies on both sides
of the goalless stalemate at the CBS Arena over the weekend, Alex Neil acknowledged that Stoke and Coventry City were both suffering from the same problem: a deficiency of talent in front of goal.
The manager of the Potters was more than pleased to salvage a point from his team’s fourth straight shutout, extending their winning streak to five Championship games. In the meanwhile, the Sky Blues ended their dismal run of four straight losses.
“I felt there were some really good bits and some not so good bits,” said Neil, whose team finished the 90 minutes with only two shots on goal out of a pitiful six attempts on goal.
Although I felt we lacked a true punch at the top of the pitch today, we played nicely through the back. We had several decent opportunities and maybe reached the byline six or seven times during the game, but I don’t think we generated enough serious chances. Once you’re at the byline, you need to create better possibilities, whether it’s a simple cut back or you stand it up at the back post.
“Coventry seemed similar to us in that they had their moments, but nothing really stood out as the game’s winner either.”
It’s uncommon for us to have four clean sheets in a row over several years, so he said, “That’s a good point. What we need to do is make sure we have enough aggression and quality in our game.”
“We just didn’t really choose the right options, and sometimes in these close games you need one player to produce one moment of quality, and unfortunately for both teams that wasn’t quite there. We didn’t lack enough threat going forward in terms of volume of players.” We puffed and huffed, but it was never quite enough. On the other hand, don’t lose the game if you don’t put in enough effort to win.
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