I was rather unimpressed with Davies' starting line-up which saw goal machine Lewis McGugan and Nathan Tyson deployed on the left and right wings respectively, and questioned his decision to play Rob Earnshaw in a loan striker's role, but it seemed to work rather well, perhaps because Coventry already had a game plan in mind and they were really confused by Davies' tactics. The Sky Blues, who were in fifth place before the game, did go in front, however, completely against the run of play half an hour or so into the game when one-time Red Sammy Clingan's in-swinging free-kick met the unfortunate head of Luke Chambers who put into his own net.
Happily for Chambers, parity was restored only six minutes later when Radoslaw Majewski assumed McGugan's role for scoring fantastic goals when he struck a ferocious shot from 25 yards out. Majewski hasn't really made much of an impact this season at all, so it was great to see him start to pay off the fee we paid for his permanent signing in the summer.
Coventry demonstrated why they were placed in such a lofty position in the table as they made the Forest defence, and Lee Camp work very hard for their money, before the Reds took the lead just after an hour had passed thanks to a free-kick from Chris Cohen which went straight into the net from a tight angle.
Camp pulled off a terrific last-ditch save from another Forest player Marlon King, who had been roundly booed throughout the evening, in the first minute of six minutes injury time as Forest fought desperately to cling on to the three points. Thankfully they did just that, and the win was good news amid all the press talk of Davies falling out with the Club's hierarchy.
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