Coventry manager Chris Coleman admitted watching his side come within one goal of relegation from the Championship was the most agonising 90 minutes of his career.

City travelled to Charlton knowing victory would make results elsewhere irrelevant but were eventually outplayed at The Valley, where they lost 4-1.

Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday both won to push Coventry to the brink and had Leicester scored at Stoke the Sky Blues would have gone down instead of the Foxes.

"It was agony. It was the worst day of my career - and we never even got relegated. I never want to experience that again," said Coleman. "I believe Leicester hit the post and the crossbar and that's how close we have come to slipping out of the league.

"I am relieved we stayed up but disappointed with the result and in the fashion we did it. The players weren't celebrating in the dressing room. None of us were. We were exhausted and disappointed.

"We have been in a relegation battle for three or four months and now it is finally over. But that's not the way to secure your place in the Championship with a 4-1 defeat."