Coventry 2 - Hartlepool 1: Super Leon Clarke at double

A DOUBLE strike from Coventry’s Leon Clarke set up a third round date with Danny Wilson’s Barnsley.

SMOOTH: Clarke is a superb striker but City boss says it was a team game [GETTY]

Clarke pounced in the third minute of stoppage time to break ­Hartlepool’s hearts.

It had looked as if Jack Baldwin’s late header would send the tie into extra-time as he bulleted the ball home following a Matty Dolan corner kick after 88 minutes.

But the prolific Clarke had other ideas with his 14th goal of the season, pouncing on a loose ball after a fierce shot from outside the box by Cyrus Christie. Clarke’s 13th goal of the season had come when he broke the deadlock with a cool finish nine minutes before the break.

City boss Steven Pressley said: “Leon Clarke is a striker of phenomenal quality at this level.

“He’s scored two excellent goals for us tonight but we know that football is a team effort.”