Walsall manager Dean Keates.
Walsall trailed 1-0 heading into stoppage time however childhood Sky Blues fan Leahy pulled them level when he headed in a long Liam Roberts ball.
That was only the beginning of the show however with Nicky Devlin then fouled in the case by Abu Agogo in the 94th moment.
In spite of a large group of forward's being on the field, left-back Leahy was resolved he was taking the spot-kick.
Also, the 25-year-old created nerves of steel to at that point locate the base corner and sink the group who discharged him as a youngster.
On Leahy's execution, Keates stated: "For the principal objective he has been courageous.
He has in there, testing with the guardian, simply beat the attendant to it and it's gone into an unfilled net.
"He was chief today and he demonstrated an extraordinary commander's attitude when he took the ball and ventured up and drove his group home for the three points.
"It demonstrated some nerve however he has an extraordinary left foot. He wore the armband on Wednesday night and he's wore it again today without Dobbo – and it was a chief's execution from him over the most recent 15 minutes."
Walsall continuously enhanced through the span of the hour and a half at the same time, by and large, Keates wasn't satisfied with his group's showcase.
"We were somewhat crude, we came up short on a touch of value with our passing and we weren't exceptionally familiar," he said.
"Yet, give the chaps credit – they continued onward, they continued onward and they ground something out.
"I don't know about the punishment, I've not seen it back, but rather I figured we did what's needed in the second half to warrant a draw.
"The fellows are ricocheting, they are high however we will experience an appropriate question on Monday morning, take a gander at the under lock and key bits above all else and where we have to improve the situation and make our lives much less demanding.
"We've played better and lost diversions. We've better played and drew, up at Scunthorpe for example and in different diversions. So we'll take it, we required a win, it didn't make a difference how it came, we will take a scruffy win."
Walsall started the diversion in a 4-3-3 development with Russell Martin sent in midfield. Be that as it may, they enhanced fundamentally subsequent to changing to a precious stone just before half-time.
"I simply think it gave us somewhat more up best truth be told," the supervisor proceeded.
"We attempted 4-3-3 and it wasn't generally working. Shape-wise it appeared to be alright yet we didn't generally make the additional man amidst the recreation center on a cautious side work – we should have been somewhat more intrepid, advance in and break lines.
"The primary change was to go two up best and one simply behind and it worked."
Coventry were additionally colossally blessed not to see Jordan Willis sent off just before half-time with the safeguard pushing Andy Cook over when he was through on objective.
At the time it looked a conspicuous spot-kick, yet Keates - having seen it again - said it ought to have been a foul and a straight red.
"It's unquestionably not a punishment, it's a yard fresh," he included.
"In any case, it's a foul and a red card. Consistency-wise, perhaps I don't have the foggiest idea, possibly that choice in the primary half, perhaps that influenced what occurred over the most recent few minutes."