"It's the same words since I arrived.." Frustrated Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Röhl left rueing broken record after Coventry City defeat

The Owls ceded control of the first half as the Sky Blues presented the best of the play but rallied in the second half to offer a threat of an equaliser that never came, the result leaving them further adrift of the safety spots after wins for relegation rivals Huddersfield Town and Stoke City.

With Callum Paterson off through a head injury for which he was ultimately substituted, Wednesday were down to 10 men when Japanese international Tatsuhiro Sakamoto opened the scoring for Coventry in the 20th minute. The game ebbed and flowed from there with big chances missed by the Owls before Sakamoto returned to seal the game for the hosts a minute before time.

Röhl has on several occasions described a frustration at Wednesday's play at both ends of the pitch costing them dearly in matches despite a clear improvement in style of play and how they go about things between the boxes. His mood seemed to be one of exasperation at the repeating of the theme post-match.

"I think we saw two different halves," he told swfc.co.uk. "In the first half we stayed a little deeper because we wanted to invite them onto us and then have more space for our counter-attacks, but in this space when we won the ball we were not clear enough to have the good transition actions.

"We changed the shape in the second half which was also our plan, to be more on the front foot and in the second half I thought we dominated the game. In the end you look and with one chance they scored their goal and that was the knockout moment for us today.

"We had a big, big chance to come back, a big chance for the equaliser and we missed the chance. The second half was a good sign for our team but again it's the same words since I arrived here; the two boxes are the dangerous and important areas and this is where we have to improve."

Wednesday will be hoping to dust themselves down and have another crack at achieving their second away win of the campaign at Preston North End on Friday evening. They will likely be without former Deepdale man Bambo Diaby, who was sent off for a scuffle with Coventry defender Liam Kitching after the final whistle.