RESERVES Oldham 2 Coventry City 3
By Kev Monks
Coventry City Reserves left it late to win 3-2 at Oldham Athletic.
Fielding a strong team, Steve Ogrizovic's side needed only eighty seconds to take the lead through Wayne Andrews who banged in from close range after Elliott Ward headed on a corner.
Against a side which sat bottom of the table having taken just one point from their first seven Pontin's League matches, the Sky Blues dominated proceedings.
Leon McKenzie, Julian Gray and Andrews all had chances with the latter firing wide on three occasions and having one shot saved by Latics 'keeper Josh Bell in the 22nd minute.
In the 31st minute, City went further ahead when Robert Page sent Gray down the left. The cross was superb and Donovan Simmonds was able to stab home from three yards
Things looked comfortable as City's experience told, but two errors in three minutes had Lee Duxbury's side back in the match.
A 61st minute ball from Leon McKenzie went astray and Liam Dawson raced forward to feed Lewis Allesandra who beat Andy Marshall.
Three minutes later, an error by Ward let in Matt Wolfenden who curled the ball into the net with his right foot.
However, with four minutes to go City snatched a win thanks when Andrews popped-up to head home a Kevin Thornton corner.
Oldham: Bell, Walsh, Dawson, Kalala, Knight, Black, Thaker, Rowney (Brooke, 60), Alessandra, Wolfenden, Kilcourse. Subs (Not Used): Fitzgerald, Mellor, Ollerenshaw.
Goals: Alessandra (64), Wolfenden (65)
Booked: Kalala
Coventry City: A Marshall, Hildreth, Page, Ward, Francis, Cairo (Robinson, 73), Thornton, Gray (D Marshall, 84), Simmonds, Andrews, McKenzie (Ashraf, 90). Subs (Not Used): Burgess, Ireland.
Goals: Andrews (2, 86), Simmonds (31)
Booked: None
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