Jürgen Locadia scores on debut in Brighton stroll against Coventry

For Brighton, this win brought a quarter-final place for the first time since 1986 and the suggestion that Chris Hughton finally has the depth at his disposal to combine a tilt at the FA Cup and a successful relegation fight. For Coventry the battle remains yet more profound; Mark Robins’s League Two side were well beaten but it must be hoped that, at a minimum, such an engaging Cup run has propelled a famous, deeply troubled old name back into the national consciousness for good.

Coventry can take inspiration from their opponents’ own rise from the depths and Brighton’s modern state of health can be divined by the fact that their club record £14m signing from PSV Eindhoven did so much of the damage here. Jürgen Locadia scored on his debut and might have had more; in the event Connor Goldson and Leonardo Ulloa rounded off a satisfying, if not quite routine, afternoon.

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