Kieffer Moore produced a stunning perfect hat-trick as Wrexham came from behind to hand Championship leaders Coventry City their first league defeat of the season in a pulsating 3-2 win at the Stok Cae Ras. Ephron Mason-Clark had put Frank Lampard's side in front midway through the first half, but Moore struck three times in 23 second-half minutes before Tatsuhiro Sakamoto's late reply set up a frantic finish.
Coventry arrived in north Wales as the only remaining unbeaten side in the English Football League, having won six league games on the spin and scored 34 goals in 12 matches. They left with their streak in tatters and a club-record seventh straight league victory agonisingly out of reach, even if they stay three points clear of second-placed Middlesbrough having played a game more. For Wrexham, who had won only one of their previous seven before this statement result and had exited the EFL Cup to Cardiff in midweek, victory lifted Phil Parkinson's team up to 11th and secured back-to-back home league wins for the first time this season.
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Before kick-off, Lampard had spoken warmly about Wrexham's rapid rise up the football pyramid and insisted his Coventry side would treat the hosts with the utmost respect. The Red Dragons underlined why those compliments were justified by going toe to toe with the leaders from the outset. Josh Windass blazed an early effort well over for the hosts, while at the other end Liam Kitching glanced Matt Grimes' in-swinging corner narrowly wide as both teams traded early blows.