JACK Compton's deadly double fired Albion into a two-goal lead but not even a man-of-the-match performance from Michal Danek could prevent a strong Coventry side taking a point in a 2-2 draw.

Compton held his nerve to fire the hosts 1-0 up from the penalty spot on the half-hour mark and the 19-year-old winger showed what he is really capable of with a stunning second goal seven minutes later.

But Ellery Cairo's first-half stoppage-time strike gave City a lifeline and substitute Liam Davies finally struck a 75^th-minute leveller to take a point in the Pontin's Holidays League Division One (Central) encounter after the Sky Blues were foiled by a string of Danek saves.

The visitors threatened first in the seventh minute when Robbie Simspon played a one-two with Stephen Hughes on the edge of the box before seeing his shot blocked by Danek.

Marcus Hall picked up the rebound and played the ball back in for Simpson, who headed straight at Danek.

Just a minute later Stefan Morrison raced from the halfway line before smashing a 20-yard shot straight at Daniel Ireland.

Bartosz Slusarski got on the end of Sherjill MacDonald's driven right-wing cross in the 17^th minute but scuffed his six-yard effort and gave Ireland the chance to turn the ball around the post.

A minute later City broke from a Baggies corner and Danek had to be quick off his line to smother at the feet of Simpson after he was threaded through by Wayne Andrews.

Jared Hodgkiss chipped the ball into the box for MacDonald on the half-hour mark and the Dutch pace ace twisted and turned Arjan DeZeeuw before being felled by Colin Hawkins to earn a penalty.

Compton stepped up to fire home the spot-kick to Ireland's right as the visitors' stopper dived the wrong way.

Seven minutes later Mo Saied found Compton out on the left touchline and he cut inside before firing an angled 20-yard exocet into the far top corner to double Albion's lead.

Coventry pulled a goal back in the first minute of stoppage time when Hodgkiss' clearance off the goalline from Simpson's right-wing centre fell to Cairo on the edge of the area.

The Sky Blues midfielder fired in a skidding shot, which Danek managed to get a hand to, as he dived to his left, but could not keep out.

City dominated the second half and Danek did well to block Andrews' eight-yard strike in the 46^th minute after the striker raced through onto a long ball.

On-loan keeper Danek pulled off another impressive save six minutes later when he again kept out Andrews.

But he had Hodgkiss to thank for heading Andrews' follow-up shot off the goalline.

Julian Gray burst past Saied down the right in the 56^th minute and played a reverse ball to Chris Birchall, whose low strike beat Danek but flew just past the far post.

Joss Labadie's pass found Morrison on the right on the hour-mark but he blasted his shot over when he would have done better to pick out one of his three team-mates in the box.

At the other end, Birchall flashed a right-wing corner across the face of goal in the 66^th minute and Hall somehow sent his shot wide of the back post when he should have scored.

But it was only a temporary reprieve for Albion when Hughes fed Gray down the right and he forced Danek into yet another save.

Unfortunately for the giant Czech stopper, Birchall picked up the rebound and found substitute Davies, who levelled the scores with a simple six-yard finish in the 75^th minute.

ALBION (4-4-2): Danek; Hodgkiss, Mason, Pike, Saied (Knight 60); MacDonald, Worrall, Labadie (Samuels 65), Compton; S Morrison, Slusarski. Subs not used: Holmes, Lake-Gaskin, Nicholls.

COVENTRY (4-4-2): Ireland; Borrowdale, Hawkins (Giggins 62), De Zeeuw, Hall; Cairo (Davies 66), Hughes, Birchall, Gray; Andrews, Simpson. Subs not used: Collett, Hildreth, Griffiths.

REFEREE: D Coote.

ALBION STARMAN: Michal Danek. 

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