Frank Lampard's Coventry City ease to victory over his old England team-mate Wayne Rooney's Plymouth Argyle.
Plymouth Argyle suffered their latest heavy away Championship defeat as Wayne Rooney lost his first managerial duel with old England team-mate Frank Lampard's Coventry City.
To add to Rooney's woes, Plymouth had Callum Wright sent off in the 87th minute for a foul on Joel Latibeaudiere.With so many attacking options all injured - Ryan Hardie, Michael Obafemi, Ibrahim Cissoko, Muhamed Tijani and Morgan Whittaker - Argyle boss Rooney was forced to give 16-year-old Tegan Finn his first start, following one appearance as a second-half substitute in the 3-0 defeat at Leeds in early November.
It took just five minutes for Coventry to make the breakthrough when skipper Ben Sheaf floated a cross to the far post and Sakamoto stole in to head home. Rooney's Argyle remain on the road, with a trip to one of their fellow strugglers, 20th-placed Oxford United."Taking your chances is the key to football. We found that out at Portsmouth last week."We moved the ball well and quickly too. That really pleased me, as did the mentality of the players. You don't want to get sloppy and we were very professional second half.
"It's a silly tackle by Callum Wright. He's had a bit of a wild tackle just before that and he's got frustrated. I've been there myself. But he's cost himself by missing the next few games."All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.Coventry City have won eight of their last 11 home league matches against Plymouth Argyle and have won each of their last two.
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