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Natural finisher showing his class

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The LeaguePaper Team
26 December 2021

MATT GODDEN
PLAYER PROFILE
By Chris Dunlavy

COVENTRY CITY STRIKER

CLINICAL: Matt Godden scores Coventry’s lastgasp winner against Reading
PICTURE: Alamy

WHEN Matt Godden played for Peterborough in the 2018-19 campaign, the striker wasn’t exactly all action.
“I have to admit, I watched games sometimes and wondered what Matt was giving us,” said Steve Evans, his manager at London Road. “But then he would come alive in the penalty area, score a goal and win us the game.”
These days, nobody is questioning Godden’s output. As the focal point of a fluid and dynamic Coventry attack, he has scor...

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