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Coventry boss Robins: Hamer injury handed Luton advantage

Coventry City boss Mark Robins says the club will recover from their promotion playoff defeat to Luton.

The Sky Blues lost on penalties at Wembley as Fankaty Dabo blasted his spotkick over the crossbar.

Robins said, "We've got to take our medicine but I've said to the players that once the pain subsides, they've got to use it as fuel to come back stronger.

"They know now what it feels [like] to lose a final like that - and it was very tight, apart from the first half when we didn't really show up.

"Second half, I thought we were much better and it looked like when we got back into the game there was only going to be one winner. But the fact that Gustavo [Hamer] got injured and then we had to take him off, it swung the impetus back in their favour a bit.

"He [Dabo] is distraught but every one of them that stepped up [to take a penalty kick], especially at that end in front of their supporters, was so brave."

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