Coventry City’s Icelandic midfielder Aron Gunnarsson firmly believes his side luck will change soon if Tuesday evenings performance against Swansea is anything to go by.
He believes that if the Sky Blues can put in another similar performance at Leicester on Saturday, they can come away with a positive result.
Gunnarsson is still annoyed that Coventry lost to Swansea on Tuesday and believes they were robbed of at least a point, but he is not dwelling on the past as he is focusing on the next game at Leicester on Saturday.
Reflecting on the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Swansea, Gunnarsson said, “We were robbed but we need to get on with it and get up for the next game.”
“We did our homework and the gaffer told us what to do and we played them off the pitch for long periods and they got a goal, which is really bad because you can’t be switching off in every game. If you do that you usually concede.“Swansea usually play at the other end of the pitch but we didn’t allow them to do that
because we knew what was coming."
“The plan was to drag their wingers in because they like to play with freedom and run around us but they did’t do that. We got them on their toes and worked really hard. You could see that at the end because every single one of us was knackered and we deserved more than that.”
In a close fought game, in which City were on top for long periods, the defeat came down to two incidents. One was a defensive mistake by Stephen O'Halloran and the other when the referee missed a blatant penalty.
The Swansea goalkeeper De Vries pulled the shirt of Carl Baker as a David Bell cross from the right came in, but the referee Mr Stroud gave nothing.
“We are very disappointed with the penalty decision,” said Gunnarsson. “I asked the referee afterwards and he said he couldn’t see it, but at the end of the day we are disappointed with the way we switched off for the goal."
The Swansea goal came after a mistake by O'Halloran. The ball was crossed and fell to an unmarked Stephen Dobbie, who had only been on the field for a few minutes, who hooked the ball past Westwood into the net.
“We played ever so well and so we just have to take it on the chin and take it into Saturday’s game against Leicester. That was the best we have played since probably against Palace in the Cup and the first half against Birmingham."
“Their goalkeeper played well and made a few saves but we did really well to stop them playing. The luck must turn for us soon because we can’t keep playing the way we have and keep losing.”