Championship - Morrison at the double for Coventry

Eurosport - Mon, 10 Aug 12:34:00 2009

Roy Keane's Ipswich suffered a 2-1 defeat at Coventry in their Championship opener at the Ricoh Arena.

Clinton Morrison celebrates scoring for Coventry against Ipswich in their Championship opener at the Ricoh Arena. - 0

All three goals came in the first half, with Republic of Ireland striker Clinton Morrison collecting an eye-catching brace for Coventry, before Jonathan Walters responded for Ipswich.

Keane's visitors pushed hard for an equaliser after the break, but a combination of fine goalkeeping from Keiren Westwood and poor finishing ensured Chris Coleman's City took maximum points.

Ipswich started purposefully, but fell behind on 10 minutes when a long clearance from Westwood led to indecision at the back.

Richard Wright rushed to clear, but Morrison beat him to the ball on the left edge of the penalty area and pulled away before curling a superb shot into the opposite top corner.

The goal gave the home side an immediate lift and it was no surprise when they doubled their advantage 15 minutes later.

Isaac Osbourne was the provider, whipping in an inviting right-cross that saw Morrison dive in front of his marker and steer a rocket header past Wright at his near post from 12 yards.

Ipswich were rocking, but a lapse in concentration from the City defence saw them pull a goal back almost immediately when Lee Martin played in Walters with a straightforward pass.

Walters had the time and space to compose himself, before firing a crisp finish past the advancing Westwood from just outside the penalty area.

The visitors had chances to level before half-time, with Martin guilty of a weak effort after making space inside the box.

Keane's men came out for the second half like men possessed and had a superb chance to equalise on 50 minutes.

Jonathan Stead played in Jaime Peters, but the Canadian international was denied by a sharp save from Westwood with his deflected effort heading for the bottom corner.

On 70 minutes Walters let fly from distance and watched his curling effort fly inches wide of the post.

Pim Balkestein then sent a looping header on target, only to be denied by Morrison on the goal line.

Ipswich pressed hard in the closing minutes, but Coventry held firm to deny Keane the start to the new season he wanted.

Will Tidey / Eurosport

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  1. 9.What a F*****g statement!!!!
    "Morrison's­ head­ should have been taken off" when scoring­­ Coventry's second goal!!!
    Actually condoning­­ brutality from one Pro footballer to another something­­ that could "END" a player's­­ career.....Absolutely disgusting!!....but then what do­­ you expect from a "NEANDERTHAL" like ROY­­ KEANE ?????

    From Sky Blue Kid 1, on Mon 10 Aug

    From Sky Blue Kid 1, on Mon 10 Aug 6:44PM

  2. Newcastle are $hit

    From Mike, on Mon 10 Aug 6:04PM

  3. haha all the bitter ipswich fans coventry outclassed­ @#$% ipswich all game

    From breeno1987, on Mon 10 Aug 2:43PM

  4. You have forgotten about McGeady he plays for the­ Republic of Ireland and he's Scottish. Playing for­ Ireland is better than playing for that miserable bunch­ of tight a**ed whinge bags.

    From david w, on Mon 10 Aug 9:34AM

  5. NEWAY COVENTRY FOr RELEGATION IPSWICH PROMOTED MY­ PREDICTION

    From Rich S, on Mon 10 Aug 8:35AM

  6. TOMMY UR A JEALOUS F*CK, just because RUBBISH­ colchester BEAT ur @#$% 7-1 HAHAHA, worst result­ EVER!!!!!!!!!!! By the way we DESERVED to win this­ game, COVENTRY WERE FUC*ING LUCKY!!

    From Rich S, on Mon 10 Aug 8:33AM

  7. Life is pure hell if you're a Norwich fan, so­ thanks Cov for cheering me up (a little)..as for­ Ipswich..Premiership, you're having a laugh!!!!!!

    From tommynadir, on Sun 9 Aug 11:42PM

  8. donny speak english u tit..half of the english team r­ black french black..their not orignally from them­ countrys u spa..wat about john barnes?clint has some­ sort of irish blood...them black player dont have any­ english blood.keane probley will walk wen the goin gets­ rough alrite tho..thats wat he does best

    From johnsack27, on Sun 9 Aug 9:29PM

  9. donney is a @#$%

    From damien, on Sun 9 Aug 9:07PM

  10. donney is a @#$%

    From damien, on Sun 9 Aug 9:06PM

  11. donney is a @#$%

    From damien, on Sun 9 Aug 9:06PM

  12. KEANE WILL WALK , WHEN THE GOING GETS­ TOUGH............BETCHA

    From TEVEZ, on Sun 9 Aug 8:12PM

  13. KEANE WILL WALK , WHEN THE GOING GETS­ TOUGH............BETCHA

    From TEVEZ, on Sun 9 Aug 8:08PM

  14. I hope keane gets found out this season. Donney, you,re­ a 1st class nobend. FTM

    From Malcolm, on Sun 9 Aug 7:08PM

  15. Donney, keep it up !
    Your the only reason I check these­ message boards half the time

    From Dean O, on Sun 9 Aug 7:04PM

  16. Play up sky blues!

    From prote, on Sun 9 Aug 6:56PM

  17. dooney speak right you ignorant @#$%

    From Darren, on Sun 9 Aug 6:56PM

  18. ipswich must take this free agent like:vladimir­ stojkovic,sol campbell,moritz volz,jorge­ andrade,lauren,vander meyde,andres vazques,dos­ santos(on season long loan from tottenham),henri­ camara,cristian vieri,milan purovic

    From besa, on Sun 9 Aug 6:15PM

  19. AM ALREET DONNEY. SEE YER STILL GOT THE BUNNY MIND. AH­ PREFERD THE @#$% MAN.

    From KEVIN P, on Sun 9 Aug 5:33PM

  20. Grow up m8 and get a pair.
    You sound to be around about­ 6 years old.
    A good game which Coventry shaded to win­ it.

    6.thats only one game the lines man was so­ rubbish never­ gave us thre right dections and coventry­ are such­ cheaters

    From chrisbetts, on Sun 9 Aug­ 3:33PM

    From Sky Blue Kid 1, on Sun 9 Aug 5:17PM
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