Phil Parkinson enjoyed “rhetorical display and victory” Wrexham ends Coventry’s unbeaten record – Last in the English Football League – with one 3-2 Home win on Friday.
kiefer moore Finished with a perfect hat trick – right foot, left foot, header – as Wrexham bounced back after the break with a brilliant first-half finish from Efron Mason-Clark.
Moore’s first hat-trick since August 2018 gave Wrexham a 3–1 lead, before Tatsuhiro Sakamoto scored a late consolation for the Sky Blues.
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“It’s obviously a fantastic performance and win for us,” said Wrexham boss Parkinson, whose team’s last Championship win followed their third consecutive promotion, which came at home to Oxford and away to Millwall and Norwich.
“Not a statement to anyone else but to myself. I said after the Middlesbrough game [a 1-1 away draw] This should give us even more confidence because it is increasing.
“We have had some great performances, but I am very happy because it was against an excellent team.
“If you look at Coventry’s statistics, not just wins, they are on top of everything. They have players in very good form at the moment.”
Moore has scored nine goals for his club this season, and Wrexham’s win moved them up to 11th ahead of the weekend’s Championship action.
“I keep telling everybody, we’re not here to stop the opposition,” Parkinson said. lost at home to League One Cardiff In Carabao Cup On Tuesday. “We are here to play in a disciplined manner without the ball. But I have great confidence in these players, and the football we played was of a very high level.
“To be fair to the crowd, they applauded the team at halftime, and you could feel the positivity coming into the second half.
“The boys have responded brilliantly.”
Coventry had won their last six games and fell one short of tying a club record for consecutive league wins.
The Sky Blues are three points ahead of Middlesbrough, who have a game in hand at Watford on Saturday.
Coventry manager Frank Lampard said, “We’ve dropped our standards a bit and when that happens, you can lose a game.” “You have to give credit to the opposition, they made it difficult for us, but even at 1-0 in the first half, I thought we fell a little behind.
“A game like this can run away from you, so that’s normal. The season hasn’t been normal so far, but unfortunately, tonight it was.
“It’s a reality of football, so we have to make sure we understand it a little bit and then understand that if you miss a little bit, it’s going to happen.”
