COVENTRY City boss Aidy Boothroyd said his side's performance in their 2-0 Carling Cup first round defeat away to Morecambe did not warrant a second round berth.

Goals in each half from Shrimps midfielder Andy Fleming handed the League Two outfit a place in the next round of the Carling Cup.

"I thought Morecambe played well, the referee did well and we didn't," Boothroyd said.

"We were the better team in the first half but they were the better team in the second so now we have to make sure we are fully focused and prepared for Watford on Saturday.

"The league will always be priority but a cup run would have been nice because this club is famous for cup runs.

"The positives that have come out of tonight are that we have bloodied two 16-year-olds in Cyrus Christie and Jonson Clarke-Harris who I think will go on to be very, very good players for this club.

"It sounds daft now but games like that will be good for them although some of the other players will be disappointed because we wanted to go through to the next round but we didn't deserve to.

WWe have to take our hats off to Morecambe because for them it wa s cup final atmosphere, it's a new ground and we wanted to spoil the party atmosphere but in the end we've added to it."

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