Dowie bemoans City defending

Coventry City manager Iain Dowie felt his side were not as bad as the scoreline suggested in Saturday’s home hammering by Preston North End.

He said: ‘It sounds ridiculous but I thought we played very well in the first half.

‘There were two moments of madness but I felt we dominated. The game was centred around the two boxes and they were better than us in both boxes.

‘We made a tactical change and did well for three minutes but then the two goals in the second half were the easiest that will ever be scored and the fourth one was a joke.’