Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws was in upbeat mood despite watching his team drop back into the Championship relegation zone.Laws praised his team's defending and their battle-hardened attitude and has backed his side to escape falling into League One after a gutsy 0-0 draw at Coventry.

"On current form we have as good a chance of anybody of surviving," said Laws. "It is a better result for us than it is for Coventry no doubt about it.

"Over the last six or seven games we're probably one of the most in-form teams and we won't get out of this position unless we work really hard, which we did.

"It was another clean sheet. Our defence has been excellent in the second half of the season but unfortunately up front we haven't matched our defence.

"Every game that goes by becomes even bigger. We have been down at the bottom end of the table all season and we're used to the pressure.

"We have to stay blinkered and keep going. The most important thing in the circumstances was that we didn't get beat. In the circumstances we are in, we don't want teams to drift away from us and Coventry are one of the teams we want to catch."

Coventry showed far more attacking intent than the visitors but were either denied by misfortune or misfiring in front of goal.

Jay Tabb saw a shot saved after 13 minutes when Leon Best put him through inside the area but he was always stretching and failed to make proper contact.

Impressive defender Dan Fox sent a shot fizzing over the bar just before the interval and Coventry then stepped up the pressure after the break.

Michael Mifsud was guilty of greed when, 10 minutes after the restart, he should have set up Michael Doyle but instead chose to shoot and only found the side-netting.

The Malta international has not scored since December and it was clear to see why.

When he did manage to get the ball head towards goal it was, more often than not, deflected wide.

Wednesday only had two shots at goal in the 90 minutes and both fell to Graham Kavanagh from long distance with the ball flying over the bar on each occasion.

Sky Blues manager Chris Coleman said: "We had opportunities to win the game but they were opportunities missed.

"It is getting boring to keep saying that we have played well, not taken our chances and picked up one point instead of three.

"Sometimes it is easier to say that you have not played well and not created because you know that there are areas on which you can improve.

"You could sense an edginess when we attack and we are scared of situation where we might miss."

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