"We gave some young players a chance and others a chance and I'm very pleased with their performance" said Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
"I thought we dominated and controlled the game, and when you get the second you think it's game over. But we stopped playing through them, and they got their reward with the next goal.
"At this point of the season, we need to give the players match-time, and at this moment everyone needs games. We could have taken some of the lads off earlier, but we didn't have the game secure.
"We're looking at different options in different positions, and maybe we lack a wide-man. We'll have to see what happens when we get Anthony Pilkington signed, and it's something we'll have to look at.
Coventry manager Steven Pressley rued his side's opening to the game, but was encouraged by their second half display.
"We started with a little trepidation," the Scot admitted.
"We have quite an inexperienced side in certain respects but we were a little bit nervous and we didn't get the balanced with staying and pressing.
"I thought we were really good in the second half though, and we gave a really good showing.
"We had by far the better opportunities and lost the second goal during our best period of the game.
"We gave ourselves a chance and there were lots of positives, but I don't want to be the team who I compliment every week but don't win games.
"We had three academy debutants which is wonderful - I'm excited by a lot of things - but I think there were definitely some areas in which we need to improve."