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Stoke City manager Mark Robins told BBC Radio Stoke:
“How did I see the game? It was a nothing first half, but they had better chances than us.
“On Good Friday it was a really good win. Then coming into this one as we come to the end of the season, I’m looking for more.
“And really, I’m left disappointed because we’ve certainly not done enough with the ball, but
Portsmouth’s Championship survival prospects suffered a blow as Swansea City climbed into the top half of the table thanks to a 2-1 victory at Fratton Park.
Ethan Galbraith’s precise finish put Swansea in front and the visitors’ first-half control was rewarded with a second goal when Josh Key’s deflected drive dipped inside the far post.
Portsmouth had hit the woodwork through Jacob Brown early on, but laboured in attack until
Ipswich had the better of a quiet opening as Egeli’s long-range strike forced Coventry keeper Carl Rushworth into a stop.
But the league pacesetters began to assert themselves, with Eccles firing narrowly wide and both Bobby Thomas and Kaine Kesler-Hayden going close with headers before Eccles struck the woodwork.
Yet Coventry were limited to a rare goalless half and went into the second half with work to do after falling
Brentford heaped further misery on Premier League champions Liverpool with a fully deserved victory at Gtech Community Stadium.
An emphatic midweek triumph at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League ended a sequence of four successive defeats in all competitions for the Reds – but it proved to be a false dawn as the weaknesses that have plagued Arne Slot’s side this season surfaced yet again.
Michael Kayode’s lethal long throw
Celtic went ahead after 28 minutes when Arne Engels sent Nick Pope the wrong way from the penalty spot after being brought down by Joe Willock inside the box.
Keeper Pope made a major error to gift the hosts a second just before half-time, rushing off his line and failing with an attempt to head a long ball clear to allow Johnny Kenny to pass it into the empty net.