Blackburn Rovers fell to their fourth successive Championship defeat in the final minutes at Coventry City as Hadji Wright's header earned the points in a 1-0 win.

Rovers had looked on course for a second clean sheet of the league season but were denied at the death. With five minutes on the clock, Yasin Ayari's strike hit the underside of the bar and fell invitingly for Wright to nod in.

Blackburn could've been ahead themselves in a tight encounter, had referee Jeremy Simpson not overruled his initial decision to award Andrew Moran's goal. The on-loan Brighton midfielder challenged goalkeeper Ben Wilson for a loose ball and then poked in. Simpson gave the goal at first but then after consulting with his linesman, gave a free-kick. 

Rovers had enjoyed the better of an even encounter up until that point with both sides striking the bar. James Hill rattled the crossbar in the first half before Matt Godden tested the same frame minutes into the second.

The defeat means Rovers have now lost their last four Championship games, keeping one clean sheet in their last 16 away league games. Though much of the performance was an improvement, the lack of points will be a worry to Jon Dahl Tomasson and Rovers fans.
Tomasson shuffled his pack ahead of Rovers' second match in six days, with changes needed after their disappointing run of form. There were four in total, with one enforced by Aysnley Pears' ankle injury.

James Hill was also given a first Championship start for Rovers alongside Leopold Walhstedt. Joe Rankin-Costello and Tyrhys Dolan were recalled, with Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis and Arnor Sigurdsson dropping to the bench.

Rovers were unlikely to push the Icelandic forward with two more starts this week, having played from the beginning in all three matches last week. Niall Ennis' return to the bench was a welcome sight after five weeks out with a knee injury.

How the team would line up was a mystery pre-match. Although it was likely Rovers would stick with the back four that Tomasson has favoured this calendar year, the make-up of the midfield and attack was unknown.

There are two ways of looking at that, whether you are a glass-half-full or half-empty kind of person. An optimist would rave about the flexibility, a cynic would argue there is a distinct lack of round pegs in the appropriately shaped holes.

The most important thing for Rovers was to stop the leak. Having conceded in the opening five minutes of their last two fixtures, they navigated the early stages without too much discomfort.

Wahlstedt was forced into one fairly routine stop as he palmed away Luis Binks' drive from range but, otherwise, he was fairly untested in the opening 45 minutes.

The inclusions of Hill undoubtedly stiffened up that back line. When Rovers were in possession, he would move central to form a back three in build-up. Callum Brittain, at left-back, moved centrally to offer another body in the centre of midfield.

With the defence looking more secure, Rovers grew into the match. Sam Szmodics sprung the Coventry defence but didn't quite connect with his strike as he looked to curl it into the far corner.

The closest either side came was via the man brought in to shore things up - Hill. He collected the ball with space to run into and hit a piledriver from 25 yards that cannoned off the crossbar. Goalkeeper Ben Wilson had no chance as he was nearly taken into the back of the net with the ball, such was the ferocity of the Bournemouth loanee's strike.

As the half wore on, Rovers continued to grow into the game. They got their most joy playing in the channels of Coventry's defence, in-between wing-back and outer centre-back. Szmodics and Brittain found some joy in the left channel but their dangerous crosses were cut out by a combination of good defending and goalkeeping.

The second half livened up with both sides thinking they'd gone ahead within 10 minutes of the restart. First, it was the Coventry fans to be disappointed with half of them on their feet celebrating.

Matt Godden looked like he had opened the scoring as he met a close-range cutback but the ball cannoned off the inside of the post and away to safety, much to Rovers' relief. 

The game's most controversial then followed shortly after. Moran challenged for a loose ball with goalkeeper Wilson and poked into an empty net after he dropped the ball. Referee Jeremy Simpson initially gave the goal but then consulted his linesman and ruled it out.

Coventry responded by again hitting the woodwork - the third time by either side. On this occasion, it was Josh Eccles, who diverted a corner-kick goalbound and onto the crossbar, possibly via the fingertips of Wahlstedt in goal.

With 15 minutes remaining, both teams were praying for the golden chance that would give them the three points. Unfortunately for Rovers, theirs came and went again.

Two substitutes combined, with the impressive Sondre Tronstad finding Arnor Sigurdsson with a lofted ball over the Coventry defence. However, the ice-cool composure that the Icelandic international had shown in previous matches deserted him as he fired into the body of Wilson as the flag stayed down.

That miss proved costly as Coventry grabbed the winner with only five minutes remaining. Ayari's strike from the edge of the box smacked the underside of the bar and this time there was no reprieve as Wright headed in from close range.

Sigurdsson almost made amends for his earlier miss but his cross was kept out by Wilson as it curled and almost nestled in the bottom corner. That proved to be the best Rovers could muster as Coventry saw the game out.

Tomasson's side now have just one clean sheet in the Championship from their last 16 away games. Next up is what feels like a must-win trip to Queens Park Rangers.