Coventry 2-1 Blackpool

City produced a secondhalf turnaround to secure another win at the Ricoh Arena.

The Sky Blues hadn't won at home for seven matches at the end of 2008 - but made it three out of three in 2009 yesterday.

However, It still took a half-time pasting from manager Chris Coleman to get them going.

They slipped behind to a debut DJ Campbell goal on 25 minutes, but fired two goals in four minutes soon after the break to seal the win, with Guillaume Beuzelin and Michael Mifsud both on target.

"What was said at halftime will stay in the dressing room," said Coleman.

"It was a dreadful first half. It was a grey, windy day and some of the players thought it didn't matter because we'd only lost one in eight before this.

"So we had to explain to them at half-time in no uncertain terms that it wasn't okay. We showed a great response and scored two quick goals.

"We haven't played great, but it is a very good feeling to win a game like that when we haven't been at our best and have so many players out."

Coventry had the best of it early on - in spite of the fact that they were missing eight first-teamers.

Blackpool, however, started to come into it midway through the half and Coventry were served a warning in the 24th minute as Campbell fired over when he broke clear.

But in the 26th minute Tony Parkes's team led.

Campbell was sent clear by Ben Burgess and, after rounding Aron Gunnarsson, he slotted the ball under keeper Keiren Westwood for a debut goal.

The home side levelled almost immediately after the break following a fine move which saw Jay Tabb deliver a cross for Beuzelin to finish from six yards.

Coventry took the lead in the 51st minute. Fredy Eastwood and Clinton Morrison were involved in the move that helped the ball onto Maltese international Mifsud, who slotted past Paul Rachubka for his second of the season.

Defender Ian Evatt had a great chance to level in the 71st minute, but headed over from Ian Harte's corner, before Roy O'Donovan saw a late effort headed off the line by 17-year-old Curtis Wynter.

Caretaker boss Parkes said: "They were under pressure for the last 25 minutes and there were lots of positives to take from the game.

"We just conceded two bad goals and that has cost us."

HOW THEY RATED

COVENTRY

7 Westwood

6 Wynter

7 Gunnarsson

7 Turner

7 Fox

6 Tabb

7 Beuzelin

8 Doyle

6 Mifsud

7 Eastwood

6 Morrison

BLACKPOOL

Rachubka7

Barker 7

Edwards 6

Evatt 7

Harte 6

Taylor-Fletcher 7

Fox 6

Southern 6

O'Donovan 7

Campbell 7

Burgess 7

SUBSTITUTES

McKenzie (Mifsud) 6,

Simpson

(Eastwood) 6

Vaughan (Burgess) 6,

Owens (Southern) 6

MANAGERS

8 COLEMAN PARKES 6

MAN OF THE MATCH

8 MICHAEL DOYLE

Not always pretty but helped to shepherd Coventry's young defence through the game

Referee: C Pawson 6