Preston 2-1 Coventry City - North End come from behind to beat Sky Blues
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Patrick Bauer's 61st-minute header put Preston back on level terms against Coventry
Preston North End came from a goal down at half-time as they beat promotion-chasing Coventry City at Deepdale.
Tyler Walker sparked the Sky Blues' hopes of a first league win at Deepdale when he scored his second goal in successive games just before the break.
But North End, who started the night in 18th, upset the form book against fourth-placed City as they turned it around with two goals in eight minutes to earn their first win since August.
Patrick Bauer planted a powerful header into the bottom right corner from Ben Whiteman's right-wing cross on 61 minutes.
Emil Riis then hit the winner when he turned inside the box on the angle to lash a fierce right-foot shot just inside the left upright.
Preston remain unbeaten in all 20 home league meetings with Coventry at Deepdale, dating back to City's first visit in the old Division Two in September 1949.
They did win on their very first visit, as a non-league side, in January 2010 - and also in the League Cup in September 2000. But they looked set to end their Deepdale league drought when Walker, after initially stumbling, powered home his shot after good work by Callum O'Hare.
But Preston, booed off at half-time, rallied and got the equaliser they deserved when, having stayed up following a corner, centre-back Bauer's excellently directed header from Whiteman's cross went in off the far post.
Riis then completed the turnaround - and Preston almost added a third in injury-time when Brad Potts' shot was blocked after being set up by Tom Barkhuizen and Whiteman.
Tyler Walker's second goal in successive games had set up what looked like Coventry's first league win at Deepdale
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Preston remain 18th going into Saturday's Lancashire derby at Blackpool, who climbed to 12th with their own 3-2 comeback win at Reading.
Coventry are still in fourth, now three points outside the automatic promotion places, ahead of this Saturday's home game with Wayne Rooney's Derby County.
Preston boss Frankie McAvoy:
"We went a goal behind but the reaction the players gave us in the second half was magnificent.
"I spoke to the players at half-time and said we need to get more aggressive and in their faces and the players showed the attitude, hunger and desire that I know they have.
"The second-half performance was probably as good as we have performed during my tenure here and I'm really pleased with that."
Coventry manager Mark Robins told BBC CWR:
"We didn't ask enough questions of them after going in a goal up after scoring with a great strike just before half-time.
"Their supporters showed their displeasure at half-time, that galvanised them and they ended up getting on top - and we just seemed to run out of energy.
"A lot of niggly fouls went either unpunished or unseen but I needed to change it earlier and I didn't - and I have to take responsibility for that."