{"id":297556,"date":"2023-12-08T23:26:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T23:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297556"},"modified":"2023-12-08T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T23:26:18","slug":"coventry-city-2-0-birmingham-city-rooney-thwarted-by-ohare-brace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/coventry-city-2-0-birmingham-city-rooney-thwarted-by-ohare-brace\/","title":{"rendered":"Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City: Rooney thwarted by O&apos;Hare brace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City: Wayne Rooney&#8217;s woes deepen as Blues continue to hunt for a maiden away point under new boss &#8211; thanks to peppy brace from Callum O&#8217;Hare<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Callum O&#8217;Hare picked up a brace at home after his 18-month scoring drought\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Sacked in the morning&#8217; rang around the ground as Rooney&#8217;s woes worsened\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why Steve Cooper&#8217;s sacking at Forest could have a domino effect in the Premier League &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wayne Rooney admitted Birmingham City are in a &#8216;difficult period&#8217; after suffering his eighth winless game in his nine matches in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham were undone by former Aston Villa forward Callum O&#8217;Hare, who scored twice and for the first time since netting against the same opposition in a 4-2 win in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry fans taunted him with chants of &#8216;Rooney&#8217;, &#8216;You&#8217;re getting sacked in the morning&#8217; and &#8216;Omne John Eustace&#8217; in reference to Rooney&#8217;s predecessor and their former captain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s disappointing and frustrating but we have to roll our sleeves up and dig in,&#8217; said Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re going through a difficult period and we have to stick together to pick up more points.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/21\/78754409-12843299-image-a-13_1702072024209.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Callum O&#8217;Hare (centre) made a triumphant return to the scoresheet after unlucky ACL injury<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/23\/78754413-12843299-Wayne_Rooney_has_claimed_just_five_points_from_a_possible_27_sin-a-56_1702077014762.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney has claimed just five points from a possible 27 since arriving at St Andrews\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/23\/78754841-12843299-O_Hare_was_sidelined_for_seven_months_after_picking_up_a_knee_in-a-57_1702077014762.jpg\" height=\"406\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Hare was sidelined for seven months after picking up a knee injury on Boxing Day last year<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<h3>Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City: Match facts\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>Coventry City: <\/span>Collins, Bidwell, Kitching, Thomas, Van Ewik, Allen, O&#8217;Hare, Sheaf, Wright, Simms, Sakamoto<\/p>\n<p><span>Subs not used: <\/span>Wilson, Binks, Latibeaudiere, McFadzean, Eccles, Dasilva, Kelly, Ayari, Palmer<\/p>\n<p><span>Goals: <\/span>O&#8217;Hare (30&#8242;, 77&#8242;)<\/p>\n<p><span>Manager: <\/span>Mark Robins<\/p>\n<p><span>Birmingham City: <\/span>Ruddy, Bacuna, Aiwu, Roberts, Buchanan, James, Bielik (Sunjic), Miyoshi (Burke), Stansfield (Hogan), Dembele, Jutkiewicz (Donovan)<\/p>\n<p><span>Subs not used:<\/span> Etheridge, Oakley, Khela, Longelo, Gardner<\/p>\n<p><span>Booked: <\/span>Bacuna, Dembele, Aiwu, Jutkiewicz, James<\/p>\n<p><span>Manager: <\/span>Wayne Rooney\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have to keep trying to improve by working on the training pitch to try to get better results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have to start picking up better results.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Hare put the Sky Blus ahead on the half hour when he fired home after a one-two with Tatsuhiro Sakamoto.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old \u2013 making only his second start after 10 months out with a serious knee injury \u2013 capped a virtuoso performance with the second on 77, slaloming across the penalty area and beating Juninho Bacuna and Krystian Bielik before lashing home a rising shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We conceded two sloppy goals \u2013 it&#8217;s as simple as that,&#8217; moaned Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought we started quite brightly but for the first goal, we allowed him (O&#8217;Hare) too much space in the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For the second goal, we&#8217;ve been working on defending the box and we didn&#8217;t do it well enough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve been working on playing more in the opposition&#8217;s half and we had two or three shots when we need to keep the ball.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Coventry boss Mark Robins praised O&#8217;Hare&#8217;s contribution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Callum&#8217;s a brilliant person \u2013 he&#8217;s superb around the place, a really infectious character,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s worked really hard to get back to where he is at the moment and there&#8217;s still more to come from him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s got those touches, he loves playing football \u2013 I know he plays in the park with his old man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/23\/78755631-12843299-Haji_Wright_left_had_a_number_of_strong_chances_but_was_unable_t-a-58_1702077014763.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Haji Wright (left) had a number of strong chances, but was unable to get onto the scoresheet<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/23\/78755633-12843299-Birmingham_keeper_John_Ruddy_was_forced_to_work_hard_by_a_persis-a-59_1702077014764.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Birmingham keeper John Ruddy was forced to work hard by a persistent Coventry City attack<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/23\/78755667-12843299-Sky_Blues_fans_called_for_Rooney_to_be_sacked_in_the_morning_aft-a-60_1702077014764.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky Blues fans called for Rooney to be &#8216;sacked in the morning&#8217; 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