Coventry City 2 Leeds United 3: Snodgrass praised by Grayson

United made it back-to-back wins with one of their most impressive performances of the season, given to them by goals from captain Jonny Howson, Snodgrass and Max Gradel's penalty.

Howson scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 win at Scunthorpe last weekend and, although he was again impressive, it was Scottish winger Snodgrass who stole the show with a fine exhibition of wing play that Coventry were unable to live with.

Snodgrass's goal – a 20-yard curler – was symptomatic of his performance on the day, and Grayson was happy to see the 23-year-old firing again after he had missed the first seven weeks of the season through injury.

"He's been getting his fitness back, he's got a lot of quality and today was probably the best game he's had for a number if weeks," Grayson said. "He's got that in his locker and I'm delighted for him.

"In any game you want to put the home team on the back foot and we did that (with Howson's fourth-minute opener). Snodgrass showed a lot of composure to pick Jonny Howson out. The second goal saw Snodgrass show a lot of quality and he was great, especially in the first half.

"Jonny and Robert will get the plaudits for the goals but ultimately it was a good team performance and you have to win matches in different ways at times and this was one of those."

After Howson and Snodgrass had given Leeds a 2-0 lead, Lukas Jutkiewicz gave Coventry a lifeline that remained until the final whistle after Ben Turner cancelled out Gradel's penalty, and Grayson was happy to accept the pressure his side came under, even if he was not best pleased with the goals they conceded.

"You know that the way Coventry play, they're going to get opportunities and get balls into the box," he said.

"It's always precarious when you go 2-0 up in any game. Coventry go looking for second balls off set-pieces and long throws and we switched off a couple of times.

"We showed a lot of character and desire to make sure we won the game. We knew we had to fight and scrap but we had to try and play when we got possession of the ball and the first two goals typified that. We played with a lot of confidence in what was a fantastic atmosphere."

Coventry City: Westwood, Keogh, Wood, Turner, Cranie (Baker 85), Gunnarsson, Carsley, Clingan, McSheffrey, Jutkiewicz, Platt (King 31). Unused substitutes: Ireland, McPake, Doyle, Clarke, O'Donovan.

Leeds United: Brown, Connolly, O'Brien, Collins, McCartney, Snodgrass, Kilkenny (Somma 84), Faye (Johnson 62), Howson, Gradel (Hughes 69), Becchio. Unused substitutes: Higgs, Bruce, Sam, Nunez.

Referee: K Stroud (Hampshire).

Man of the match: Robert Snodgrass.

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