When it eventually arrived, it was well worth the wait. It was fitting that Ephron Mason-Clark was the provider of the decisive moment of quality, perhaps the most important goal of his career to date, to stretch Coventry’s lead at the Championship summit to five points.
With full-time four minutes away, Mason-Clark left the floor acrobatically to meet Ellis Simms’ flick-on and send 3,300 Coventry fans into a wild dance. In a match played at a ferocious pace, he had provided the missing ace.
