Coventry City who was the 1987 FA Cup winner, knocked out Blackburn Rovers in a shocking victory of 1-0 at Ricoh Arena in this season’s fifth round replay and thus managed to reach the quarter-finals.

Striker Leon Best who is suffering with a broken cheekbone and was wearing a mask made this victory possible in the 59th minute when Jordan Henderson’s centre was headed home by the hero. He has given Coventry City their first chance of appearance in the quarter finals in the past 11 years. Now they will take on Chelsea on March 6-7 for a lucrative home clash. On this occasion Chris Coleman, Coventry City Manager really appreciated his team’s efforts and at the very thought about the entertainment match with Chelsea lying ahead licked his lips. The Former manager of Fulham was excited about the quarter-final match with Chelsea at home and emphasized that this season The Cup really mattered to them.

He further added that the fans were very desperate for victory. Coventry has been facing a lot of problems for finance and has not reached top flight in the past eight years. The fans desperately want their football team to perform well.

Meanwhile San Allardyce his counterpart at Blackburn who had recently gone for 11 changes in the team was not happy with the performance of his team. He added that even after he has given the stage to the people who talked they could not perform. Blackburn is facing a crucial tussle of relegation and also has, Hull who is out of form.