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Coventry are within one point of the top six in the Championship, with games in hand on the teams above themViktor Gyokeres' stoppage-time penalty sent Coventry City up to eighth in the Championship and ended West Bromwich Albion's five-game winning run.
Gyokeres, the division's leading scorer, was fouled in the box and sent Alex Palmer the wrong way from the spot for his 11th goal of the season.
Before then, the Sky Blues had come closest to a winning goal when Jonathan Panzo headed against the crossbar.
Victory took the home side to within one point of the play-off places.
Coventry had the better of a goalless first half, showing little sign of a hangover after surrendering a three-goal lead against Swansea on Saturday.
Callum O'Hare, Ben Sheaf and Gyokeres all shot wide during a positive opening spell, while Gustavo Hamer twice forced Baggies goalkeeper Palmer into good saves either side of half-time.
At the other end, Tom Rogic and Jed Wallace were denied by Callum Doyle's last-ditch clearance and Ben Wilson's save respectively, while Wilson was on hand to keep out Darnell Furlong's effort following a second-half goalmouth scramble.
Improving Albion looked on course for their fifth clean sheet in six Championship games before Gyokeres fell under the challenge of Erik Pieters at the end of a mazy run into the box, and the Swedish striker coolly converted the resulting spot-kick.
Coventry City manager Mark Robins told BBC CWR:
"The players were outstanding, but then they were outstanding on Saturday too until we let in three goals and drew a game that felt like a defeat.
"But we got back to keeping clean sheets - and we were unlucky not to score more against a side who've won five on the bounce.
"It's up there with one of our best performances of the season. People are getting excited and that's great, but expectations should not be going through the roof.
"We have a great bunch of players but we don't have the depth of squads other clubs have. That's not a complaint. It's just down to circumstances."
Line-ups
Coventry
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 13Wilson
- 4Rose
- 3Doyle
- 2Panzo
- 32BurroughsBooked at 64mins
- 38HamerSubstituted forKellyat 84'minutes
- 14Sheaf
- 27BidwellBooked at 85mins
- 8AllenSubstituted forPalmerat 64'minutes
- 10O'HareSubstituted forTavares Desidérioat 90'minutes
- 17Gyökeres
Substitutes
- 1Moore
- 6Kelly
- 9Waghorn
- 20Kane
- 23Dabo
- 30Tavares Desidério
- 45Palmer
West Brom
Formation 4-4-2
- 24Palmer
- 2Furlong
- 4O'Shea
- 15Pieters
- 3Townsend
- 17J Wallace
- 35Yokuslu
- 19SwiftSubstituted forDianganaat 90'minutes
- 10PhillipsSubstituted forMolumbyat 56'minutes
- 7RogicSubstituted forGardner-Hickmanat 66'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 21Thomas-AsanteSubstituted forDikeat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Button
- 6Ajayi
- 11Diangana
- 12Dike
- 14Molumby
- 18Grant
- 29Gardner-Hickman
Referee:Keith Stroud
Attendance:22,519
Live Text
Match ends, Coventry City 1, West Bromwich Albion 0.
Second Half ends, Coventry City 1, West Bromwich Albion 0.
Foul by Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion).
Ben Wilson (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Coventry City 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Viktor Gyökeres (Coventry City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty conceded by Erik Pieters (West Bromwich Albion) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Coventry City. Viktor Gyökeres draws a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Grady Diangana replaces John Swift.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Coventry City. Fábio Tavares replaces Callum O'Hare.
Delay in match (West Bromwich Albion).
Jake Bidwell (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Bidwell (Coventry City).
Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Callum O'Hare (Coventry City).
Substitution, Coventry City. Liam Kelly replaces Gustavo Hamer.
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum O'Hare (Coventry City).
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