Mark Robins hailed the commitment of his Coventry players for overcoming a virus in the squad to lift themselves out of the bottom three with a 1-0 win over high-flying Blackburn at the CBS Arena.

Stand-in captain Jamie Allen netted his first home goal of the season from Josh Eccles’ cross to lift the Sky Blues out of the Championship drop zone for the first time since August.

Coventry have been dealing with a sickness bug in the camp since last week and Robins was forced into changes for Saturday’s match against Blackpool and Tuesday’s clash, including losing Kyle McFadzean shortly bef...