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That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
Coventry are replacing Kevin Kyle with Don Hutchison.
Ian Westlake is being taken off, Robbie Blake has come on in his place.
Coventry are replacing Jay Tabb with Colin Cameron.
Stephen Crainey goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.
Sebastien Carole is replaced by Steve Stone.
Stern John is being taken off, Leon McKenzie has come on in his place.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.
Leeds are replacing Sean Gregan with Jonathon Douglas.
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
The referee has booked Matthew Kilgallon.
Paul Butler goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.
Goal!! Coventry have scored with Stern John putting it in the back of the net.
The referee has booked Jay Tabb.
Kevin Kyle goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
Coventry City piled the pressure on Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell with a hard-fought victory at the Ricoh Arena. Stern John's first-half strike was the difference between the two sides as the West Yorkshire outfit slipped to their third defeat in a row. Leeds fans chanted "time to go" at Blackwell as Coventry secured their first league victory over their Elland Road rivals since Boxing Day 1996. Despite finishing the game with four men up front, Leeds remain the league's joint lowest scoring team and looked short on ideas. The Sky Blues created the first-half chance of the match in the fourth minute after good work by Chris Birchall. The Trinidad and Tobago international beat Stephen Crainey to get to the by-line and his cross was headed just over by Kevin Kyle. But Leeds almost took the lead five minutes later after excellent work on the right by Ian Westlake. The former Ipswich man's cross was met by David Healy but the Northern Ireland international's header came back off the face of the crossbar. With the midfield tussle between Coventry's Michael Doyle and Kevin Nicholls of Leeds a match in itself, both teams struggled to take control of the game. But Coventry looked the more inventive in the first half and took the lead thanks to a wonderful flowing move clinically finished by John in the 26th minute. Kyle found Marcus Hall with a pass which the left-back headed on to Jay Tabb. He ran into the area before cutting the ball back to John to score his third of the season with the inside of his right foot. Blackwell sent his Leeds team out five minutes early for the second half indicating that his half-time pep talk had been short and sweet with on-loan Blackburn midfielder Jonathon Douglas replacing Sean Gregan. A mazy run by Gary Kelly, which resulted in a 25-yard shot which had Coventry goalkeeper Andy Marshall scrambling, was the only highlight to a dour opening to the second half. But, urged on by their vociferous support, Leeds started to step up their game with Westlake playing a delightful one-two with Healy before curling a shot which Marshall did well to parry. The move gave the Yorkshire side confidence with both Healy and Geoff Horsfield going close. But Coventry almost doubled their lead in the 68th minute after Tabb played in Kyle down the right. His cross was met by the on-rushing Doyle but his shot was excellently saved by Tony Warner. Leeds desperately searched for an equaliser with Nicholls firing a 30-yard shot just wide of the post before Healy fired over the bar after a slip by Elliott Ward. City's Leon McKenzie was denied by Warner before substitute Robbie Blake almost salvaged a point for Leeds at the death.
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