Coventry inflicted a 4-0 thrashing on Plymouth, heaping the pressure on Wayne Rooney after his first managerial meeting against his former England teammate Frank Lampard ended in embarrassment.

All of Coventry’s goals came before the break at the CBS Arena to seal a result which leaves Plymouth bottom of the Championship. The hosts raced into the lead after five minutes, when Tatsuhiro Sakamoto was allowed a free header from Ben Sheaf’s cross. Coventry doubled their advantage in the 20th minute after a fine move that saw Ephron Mason-Clark lay the ball off for Josh Eccles to fire home from outside the area.

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