Source: Team_Talk
Coleman delighted by Cov fightback
Sammy Clingan opened the scoring for the visitors with a drilled effort in the 14th minute but Watford were ahead at the interval courtesy of Tom Cleverley and Will Hoskins.
The home side wasted a host of good chances throughout and they were made to pay as Leon Best twice found the net in the final 23 minutes to grab his fourth and fifth goals in his last five games
Coleman said: "We were 1-0 up but if you're looking at us nowadays, 1-0 is never enough to win the game because we've been conceding goals. But I thought we showed tremendous spirit again.
"Away from home, we didn't lie down at 2-1 and we didn't have a good start to the second half either, they could have gone further in front, but we rode our luck.
"But I felt that equaliser was coming - it was great when it did eventually come. A point away from home is always good but if you can get the three, thanks very much."
His managerial counterpart, Malky Mackay, felt his side should have had the game wrapped up before Coventry launched their fightback.
"I think we had possibly the most number of clear-cut chances that we've had, certainly at Vicarage Road this season," said Mackay.
"I felt we had enough chances to win two games, but if you don't take your chances then that's what happens.
The Scot refused to criticise his inexperienced defence for the manner in which Best was able to score two straightforward goals, pointing out: "I think we lose as a team, we win as a team.
"I thought for 10 or 15 minutes we stopped doing what we had been doing the whole first half, in terms of the gameplan we had, and I think it became an aerial bombardment and when balls are bouncing about your box then there's always a chance goals are going to go in.
"But credit to them, they fought back, but even with those goals going in I can remember at least six chances in the second half where normally we would have scored."
The visitors struck after 14 minutes when the Hornets blocked one attempt but failed to close Clingan down quickly enough as he broke on to a loose ball to beat keeper Scott Loach with a low 20-yard drive.
Watford were back on terms seven minutes later when Stephen Wright could only head a Don Cowie cross on to Cleverley, who fired a first-time left-footed half-volley through the legs of team-mate John Eustace to equalise.
And by half-time the Hornets were in front thanks to a classic counter-attack. After the ball had pin-balled around their own area, it was cleared to halfway where Hoskins attacked the Coventry defence at pace before slipping in Danny Graham. His attempt was blocked but the ball rebounded perfectly for Hoskins to beat Kieren Westwood from 12 yards.
But Watford were made to pay for their failure to wrap the match up midway through the second period. Although Loach managed to block a header from Aron Gunnarsson, the home side's defending was shambolic as Elliott Ward headed back across the six-yard box for Best to finish with ease from close in.
Best was in the right place again to score what proved to be the winner with five minutes remaining after Clinton Morrison had made a sufficient nuisance of himself to prevent Loach from getting to Clingan's inswinging ball into the area.
