Coventry City manager Mark Robins insisted he would have been disappointed with a point against Nottingham Forest following his side’s last-gasp defeat.
Lyle Taylor netted from the penalty spot in the sixth minute of added time to secure victory after he had been brought down by Kyle McFadzean.
Forest looked to be on course for their fourth 1-1 draw of Hughton’s six-match tenure after Callum O’Hare’s 57th-minute header had cancelled out a first-half goal from Scott McKenna.
But the Reds claimed victory amid a dramatic finale at the City Ground.
Robins said: “We would have been disappointed with a point. I thought we were much better in the second half. We hit the post and had numerous chances to finish the game off.
“Then we shot ourselves in the foot by giving the penalty away, at a point when we had no time to come back.
“If you touch Lyle Taylor he will go down, inside or outside the box. You cannot give him the opportunity to do that.
“McFadzean is saying that he did not touch him but there was clearly a coming together and as soon as he felt contact he was going to go down, which gave the referee a decision to make.
“Then he picks himself up and sticks the ball in the back of the net. We have had bad luck but, having said that, we could have made it easier for ourselves by making more of the chances we created.
“On the upside we have played really well. But to come away with nothing is a real blow.”
