Coventry City Manager Tony Mowbray has said that it is frustrating the way City lost to Rochdale 1-0 this afternoon at the Ricoh Arena.
Mowbray told the Coventry Telegraph that he felt Adam Armstrong should not have had a goal ruled out and Rochdale's penalty was for an innocuous challenge: “My analyst has just showed me Armstrong’s goal which was clearly onsid.
“He timed his run perfectly but I think the linesman was fractionally behind play and from his angle he couldn’t see.
“You have to take those things on the chin – sometimes they get them right, sometimes they get them wrong – but it’s very frustrating when you lose like that.
“The penalty? It was innocuous I’d have to say.
"Flecky’s gone to nick the ball and the boy’s put his foot there and gone over. I’m not saying it was the wrong decision – he hasn’t skipped past him and gone over a leg – but it just feels as if that’s the way things are going at the moment.
“The nature of losing is frustrating for us – the only other great chance they had was the header from a corner which hit their own lad on the line.
"I thought it might have been our day when that happened but unfortunately after wasn’t to be.
“It was that sort of game; we’ve had games like that this season when we’ve won 1-0 and everything’s fine yet football is about results – we all know that – and at this moment we are struggling to get results.
“We didn’t create enough opportunities over the 90 minutes but Armstrong in particular had some good strikes in the first half and their keeper pulled off a couple of good saves.
“It was a disappointing day – you can’t disguise that – and we’re all pretty low at the moment.
"It would be strange if we weren’t but we have to stick together and dig in, keep going and see what the next one brings.
“The team is working hard enough and they’re pretty devastated at the moment but we’ve got two more games next week so I’ll try to pick myself up first and when I’ve done that I’ll try to pick the lads up.
“They go through spells in their career when everything’s rosy, everybody’s telling them how great they are, and there are also times when they have to really dig deep and come out the other end of a tunnel.
“Football’s an emotional game - we all know that – and we’re emotional people.
"We want to do well for this city and the fans who have had things tough in the last few years.
“It’s disappointing to build up expectations and not finish that job but we’ve still got an opportunity, we’re still at the right end of the table and if we’d been coming from lower down we’d all be excited now about being around the play-offs.”