A late show from the Sky Blues earned them a dramatic victory over struggling Preston at the Ricoh Arena.

Two goals in the final ten minutes earned City all three points and kept them top of the table, as a Dele Adebola strike, followed by a goal of the season contender from Michael Doyle, cancelled out Patrick Agyemang's first half opener.

The Sky Blues, unchanged from last Saturday's 1-0 win at Cardiff, did most of the early running and the visitors needed brave blocks from Callum Davidson and Youl Mawene to cut out dangerous crosses from Julian Gray and Leon McKenzie.

But a defensive error saw Preston take a 16^th minute lead when Kevin Nicholls latched onto a poor clearance from City 'keeper Konstantopoulos and threaded the ball through to Agyemang, who raced away from Marcus Hall and slotted low into the net.

Michael Doyle headed wide from a Jay Tab cross as the Sky Blues looked for an immediate route back into the game.

Their best chance of the opening period arrived on the half-hour mark when Gray's looping header was cleared off the line by Mawene after good skill from Leon McKenzie created an opening in the area.

McKenzie was at the heart of City's most promising attacking play and the former Norwich man headed straight at goalkeeper Andy Lonergan at the back-post under heavy pressure from Mawene two minutes before the break.

The Sky Blues re-emerged invigorated for the second half and were only denied an equaliser by the woodwork five minutes after the interval when a Hall header from Doyle's free-kick rebounded off the top of the crossbar.

City had the opposition rattled and Lonergan was lucky to scramble a McKenzie effort behind for a corner on 54.

With 25 minutes remaining Michael Mifsud was introduced much to the delight of the Sky Blue Army - the Maltese international replacing Leon McKenzie up front.

Coventry continued to pressurise and Mifsud created an opportunity for himself with a jinking run 18 yards from goal before shooting over. City's two-goal hero from Tuesday night had injected fresh impetus into the attack and nearly netted with a header from substitute Ellery Cairo's driven cross with 15 left on the clock.

City had been threatening to score the entire second half and got their just desserts in the 80th minute when Adebola found the back of the net. The powerful striker controlled a long ball from Hughes perfectly and hit a crisp low shot into the bottom corner from 12 yards out to make it 1-1.

Five minutes later, the Sky Blues fans' delight turned to utter jubilation when they took the lead through an absolute firecracker from Michael Doyle. The Irishman collected a pass from Hughes 35 yards from goal, took one touch and unleashed a ferocious left-footed shot into the top corner, leaving the North End keeper no chance whatsoever.

With the Ricoh rocking, City held out comfortably for their first home league win of the campaign and could even have scored more againist a totally deflated Preston side, who will no doubt head back to Lancashire somewhat shellshocked.