00:01Coventry City secured an impressive 3-1 victory over Sunderland to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone
00:09and leave the Black Cats rooted to the bottom of the table.
00:13Frank Lampard's side responded emphatically to their previous defeat against Fulham,
00:19taking control of the contest with an excellent attacking display.
00:24Tachiro Sakamoto opened the scoring with a fine finish from the edge of the penalty area,
00:30registering his first Premier League goal,
00:33and Taiwo Awanyi then doubled Coventry's advantage after capitalising on a mistake from Luke Onin
00:40before driving into the box and finding the net.
00:44Sunderland struggled to contain their hosts after the break,
00:47with Jack Radoni making it 3 shortly after the restart.
00:51His effort took a huge deflection of Omar Alderte,
00:55leaving goalkeeper Robin Roofs with little chance.
00:59Enzo Le Fay briefly offered Sunderland hope by converting a penalty
01:04after Ethan Pinnock handled inside his own penalty area.
01:08However, the visitors could not find another goal
01:11and finished with 10 men after Alderte received a second yellow card.
01:17The result gives Coventry a vital boost in their fight for survival,
01:21while Reggie Labrie faces increasing pressure to improve Sunderland's league form.