R's boss Jim blasts sloppy defence

29 November 2009 12:35
Richard Wood's 81st-minute equaliser, his first goal for the Sky Blues, rescued a point for Chris Coleman's side, who were then reduced to 10 men when Stephen Wright was sent off.[LNB]Coventry, without a win since September, went ahead through Leon Best before QPR looked to be heading for victory after goals from Jay Simpson and Akos Buzsaky.[LNB]Magilton said: "I'm extremely disappointed. We didn't defend at set-pieces and I'm angry about that.[LNB]"Matt Connolly has to take his share of the blame for the first goal. If you're marking someone then you need to take responsibility.[LNB]"For the second goal the keeper (Radek Cerny) should have done better.[LNB]"I'm angry because we were very good with the ball. We were confident, extremely bright and passed it well.[LNB]"But you also have to take responsibility and defend for your lives. That didn't happen. We fell asleep at set-pieces."[LNB]Best opened the scoring when he beat Connolly to Patrick van Aanholt's free-kick and sent a looping header beyond Cerny.[LNB]Simpson levelled 10 minutes before half-time, latching onto Alejandro Faurlin's chipped pass to nudge the ball past goalkeeper Kieren Westwood.[LNB]Adel Taarabt hit the Coventry bar with a delightful chip from just outside the penalty area before Rangers went in front in the 70th minute.[LNB]City struggled to clear Faurlin's corner and the ball eventually dropped to Buzsaky, whose left-footed drive went in via a deflection off Wood.[LNB]But Wood, recently signed from Sheffield Wednesday, had the last laugh by heading home Michael McIndoe's right-wing free-kick.[LNB]A delighted Coleman said: "Teams are going to come here and struggle, so this is a big point for us. Hopefully this will give us a platform to get that next win.[LNB]"Collectively, we were better. We were a bit too route one at times, but that's because we're lacking confidence at the moment.[LNB]"In the first half we did well and could have been 2-0 up. In the first 20 minutes of the second half we couldn't get near QPR but, having said that, their second goal was a deflection.[LNB]"Then we came back. We were forceful, which we needed to be. Credit to the players for getting something out of a difficult game."[LNB]Wright was dismissed for a second bookable offence following a foul on Buzsaky with four minutes remaining.[LNB]The defender angrily threw his captain's armband in the direction of referee Mike Jones after being given his marching orders.[LNB]"It wouldn't be like him to do something like that," Coleman insisted.[LNB]"I've not talked to Wrighty about it and I didn't see it, because I was organising the team's formation after the sending off.[LNB]"It was a foul, but I don't think it should have been a booking. Buzsaky went down a bit too easily for my liking."[LNB][LNB]

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