Coventry City boss provides injury update on Ben Sheaf after Hull stalemate
Coventry City injury news from CoventryLive as Sky Blues boss Mark Robins explains Ben Sheaf’s absence at Hull
Coventry City are set to be without key midfielder Ben Sheaf for at least a couple of weeks after he suffered a groin strain in training.
The Sky Blues player pulled up at Ryton on Thursday during the squad’s preparation work for Hull, forcing the 25-year-old to miss the 1-1 draw at the MKM Stadium on Friday night.
Skipper Liam Kelly filled in alongside Josh Eccles in his absence and looks to be in for a run in the side while Sheaf recovers.
Asked what the player has done, Mark Robins said: “He’s strained his groin. Well, it’s actually an adductor (a muscle group in the inner thigh) and he’ll be out for an unspecified period of time. It’s going to be at least a couple of weeks, I would have thought.”
As for Kelly’s performance on his first Championship start to the season, he said: “I thought he did pretty well. To be fair he was all over the place at times but he was higher up the field and he almost nicked one as they were trying to play out. We got in again and when the referee had blown up for a foul we got in again and then slipped.
“The players said the pitch was really firm and greasy which means it was a little bit slippy, so the footwear has to be right because that was an opportunity to score and unfortunately we just didn’t take that second one and that cost us because of the weight of the ball that they had.”
City took the lead in the first half through a Joel Latibeaudiere header from a corner but conceded three minutes from time when Aaron Connolly flicked a header into the far corner.
