Coventry were outplayed in this poor M69 derby where both teams were sloppy throughout. The atmosphere of the home crowd from the Ricoh Arena frankly kept the game interesting as the on pitch play wasn't that of quality.
The visitors were first to create anything when they won a corner on 4 minutes but nothing came of it. Coventry looked nervous from the start and took time to settle into the match. The inexperienced defence looked shaky which allowed Leicester to play with more freedom and space out wide. Coventry's first chance came on 17 minutes but it was a half chance from Jutkiewicz but the shot came to nothing. The visitors first chance came on 37 minutes when Andy King's weak header was comfortably taken by keeper Westwood.
Then out of the blue and against the run of play, substitute Michael McIndoe played a ball onto the head of new boy Clive Platt who's header found the net for his first goal in a Sky Blue shirt and put Coventry 1-0. This came 5 minutes before halftime and thats how it stayed until the second half.
The visitors dominated play from the second half whistle and Waghorn came close but Westwood managed to punch the ball away. Then 10 minutes later, Waghorn hit the woodwork with his header and it stayed 1-0. Coventry's defence were still shaky and allowing far too much time on the ball for the Leicester attack but at this point they couldn't make anything from it.
But on 76 minutes, they finally got a deserved equaliser. Andy King went into the box and just when youngster Jordan Clarke thought he had the better of King, he lost the ball and King cleverly chipped the ball of the helpless Westwood for 1-1. Clarke's inexperienced cost him but he shouldn't have been picked for the starting XI in such a huge derby match. Leicester had a late shot which was saved and this was the last major event of the match in a lacklusture affair but a hard worked point for both sides none the less.
