RESOLVING THE LEDGER
This is one outlet's own report from Sky Sports — the article as it was filed. Other outlets are covering the same event; open the full story to compare every source side by side.
See the full story · 2 sources
Premier League new boys Coventry survived an EFL Cup second-round scare at League One Plymouth before easing through 4-2 at Home Park. <p>City had showed their class by racing into a 2-0 lead within five minutes courtesy of goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Jack Rudoni but Argyle fought back to level nine minutes into the second half thanks to debutant Danny Irow and Xavier Amaechi.</p><p>Second-half substitute Ephron Mason-Clark scored City's third goal within five minutes of his 62nd-minute introduction before Victor Torp wrapped things up with a 78th-minute penalty.</p><p>Awoniyi fired City ahead on three minutes, picking his spot after a brilliant flick-on by Caleb Yirenkyi.</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/plymouth-argyle-vs-coventry-city/teams/577439">How the teams lined up</a> | <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/plymouth-argyle-vs-coventry-city/stats/577439">Match stats</a></strong></li><li><strong>Latest news and rumours: <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/Covblogreports">Coventry</a> | <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/PLHLmatchreports">Watch FREE PL highlights</a></strong></li><li><strong>Got Sky? <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchPremarticles" target="_blank">Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone</a>\ud83d\udcf1</strong></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink%5C%5C">Latest Sky Sports deals</a> or <a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink%5C%5C">stream Premier League games with no contract</a>\ud83d\udcfa</strong></li></ul><p>Yirenkyi's sublime pass on the spin from skipper Liam Kitching's through ball set striker Awoniyi on his way to goal and he had time to pick his spot to beat home goalkeeper James Storer with a side foot finish.</p><p>Within two minutes City increased their lead following a lightning break down the right. Awoniyi set Rudoni racing on his way to goal and he made no mistake, again beating Storer with a clinical finish, this time from the edge of the box.</p><widget id="2"></widget><p>Jake Bidwell came close to making it 3-0 on the 18th minute, heading just past the post from Joel Latibeaudiere's pinpoint cross to the far post.</p><p>Argyle responded in the 21st minute through Irow, who cut in from the left and beat Latibeaudiere, before sending a low shot past City keeper Daniel Bentley into the far corner.</p><p>Midfielder Harvey White had sent Irow - who has just joined Plymouth on loan from Tottenham - away down the left with a superb pass from his own half after spotting the winger out wide.</p><p>The unmarked Awoniyi could have doubled his tally on 27 minutes but headed wide from six yards from Latibeaudiere's deep cross.</p><p>Striker Will Evans' effort flew off the foot of Bentley and on to a post in the 31st minute after the keeper had failed to hold White's long-range effort.</p><p>Argyle restored parity on 54 minutes when half-time sub Amaechi won the ball from City defender Kitching and raced into the box before beating Bentley with a thumping low drive into the corner.</p><p>Tatsuhiro Sakamoto volleyed just over from Mason-Clark's cross in the 65th minute before the latter restored City's lead in the 67th minute from close range, turning in Torp's thumping cross.</p><p>Torp gave Coventry some breathing space by converting a penalty following a foul by sub Joe Edwards on Brandon Thomas-Asante, who could have increased City's lead in stoppage time but hammered his volley over from the edge of the six-yard box.</p> <widget id="1"></widget>
AIPROPX is an independent multi-source news index — we track, compare, and connect coverage from across the web into one place you won't find anywhere else.