Liam Kitching helped Coventry City rescue a point at Plymouth Argyle in the dying seconds of the game as they maintained their pursuit of a Championship play-off spot.
The centre-back turned in Victor Torp’s cross in the final minute of six added on at the end to bring City back from a goal down for the second time in the game.
Argyle took the lead after half-time through Morgan Whittaker’s sweeping left-foot finish, before Ellis Simms forced home an equaliser for City.
Just three minutes after Coventry had levelled, substitute Mickel Miller sent a fizzing low ball in from the left and a deflection from Bobby Thomas beat goalkeeper Brad Collins.
But Kitching snatched a point for the Sky Blues at the death to move them up to sixth place on goal difference.
Plymouth are in 15th spot and eight points clear of the bottom three.
Whittaker netted in the 54th minute for the hosts with a first-time finish after Alfie Devine and Adam Randell had linked up well down the left.
The lead did not last long as Simms forced a strong save from Plymouth goalkeeper Conor Hazard that he could not turn to safety and Simms chested in the rebound.
Miller’s cross then found a way past Brad Collins and Argyle seemed set for a third win in four games, only for Kitching’s late goal to deny them.
But they were lucky to be level at the break as Matty Godden somehow headed wide from inside the six-yard box when completely unmarked as Jake Bidwell’s cross from the left bounced up kindly for him.
Godden also went close just after the break when he beat the offside trap but couldn’t beat Hazard with a low shot.
Full-back Milan van Ewijk also forced Hazard into a sharp save with a shot from outside the area that needed a strong arm to turn around the post.
Plymouth head coach Ian Foster told BBC Radio Devon:
“We’re obviously disappointed in the manner of the goal at the end but if you take the emotion out of it, we’re pleased with the overall performance.
“We probably deserved to win the game and it’s been taken away with some poor game management at the death.
“But we’ve got to be pleased with how brave we were and what we’ve done to a top, top team.”
Coventry City manager Mark Robins told BBC CWR:
“We were in control of the first half and kept them very quiet but we didn’t compete as we need to in the second half and became sloppy.
“We gave them a leg up and we have to be better and come back from this performance.
“It’s a good point in the end to get something right at the death and a point could prove vital in the end.”
Line-ups
Plymouth
Formation 3-4-3
- 21Hazard
- 26PhillipsSubstituted forPleguezueloat 77′minutes
- 17Gibson
- 22Galloway
- 29SorinolaSubstituted forMumbaat 61′minutes
- 18Gyabi
- 20RandellBooked at 18mins
- 3SousaSubstituted forMillerat 61′minutes
- 10WhittakerSubstituted forHoughtonat 89′minutes
- 9HardieSubstituted forWaineat 77′minutes
- 16Devine
Substitutes
- 2Mumba
- 4Houghton
- 5Pleguezuelo
- 6Scarr
- 8Edwards
- 14Miller
- 23Waine
- 25Burton
- 35Issaka
Coventry
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 40Collins
- 27van Ewijk
- 4ThomasBooked at 85mins
- 15Kitching
- 21BidwellSubstituted forWrightat 62′minutes
- 22LatibeaudiereBooked at 75minsSubstituted forEcclesat 78′minutes
- 29Torp
- 9SimmsBooked at 63mins
- 45Palmer
- 3Dasilva
- 24GoddenSubstituted forSakamotoat 62′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Binks
- 6Kelly
- 7Sakamoto
- 11Wright
- 13Wilson
- 28Eccles
- 30Tavares Desidério
- 41Lusala
- 54Andrews
- Referee:
- Keith Stroud
- Attendance:
- 16,799
Match Stats
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Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 2, Coventry City 2.
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Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 2, Coventry City 2.
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Goal! Plymouth Argyle 2, Coventry City 2. Liam Kitching (Coventry City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
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Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Bali Mumba (Plymouth Argyle).
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Foul by Haji Wright (Coventry City).
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Darko Gyabi (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Jordan Houghton replaces Morgan Whittaker.
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Attempt missed. Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Mickel Miller.
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Attempt blocked. Julio Pleguezuelo (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darko Gyabi.
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Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).
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Alfie Devine (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Brendan Galloway.
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Haji Wright (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Julio Pleguezuelo (Plymouth Argyle).
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Attempt missed. Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Victor Torp with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Adam Randell.
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Attempt blocked. Kasey Palmer (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Dasilva.
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Attempt missed. Lewis Gibson (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Morgan Whittaker following a set piece situation.
