Frank Lampard reveals Coventry ‘template’ for promotion after huge win over Middlesbrough

Frank Lampard has underlined Coventry City’s “defensive structure” arsenic nan captious facet of their promotion push aft triumph complete rivals Middlesbrough successful nan Championship.

The Sky Blues reclaimed apical spot acknowledgment to Haji Wright’s hat-trick successful a 3-1 triumph astatine nan Coventry Building Society Arena, extending nan spread to Millwall successful 3rd to six points.

And Lampard has emphasised nan request to stay calm pinch 14 matches remaining successful pursuit of a spot successful nan Premier League adjacent season, pinch his team’s defence proving particularly pleasing successful Monday night’s performance.

"We can't over-celebrate," Lampard told Sky Sports. "It's nan Championship. If we rustle it adjacent game, this 1 won't matter arsenic much. That was nan connection afterwards.

"The protect building coming is simply a template for what's needed to triumph games successful this league. Every squad gives you different problems. When we spell distant from location now, we person to get it right.

"It was important, and now we person to build connected it. I felt thing different successful training this week, a spot much edge, much tension. I for illustration that. The players were putting their ft in, training had intensity. Through a dense tally of games, possibly that separator dropped slightly, but we recovered it again this week.

"The cardinal now is carrying that into nan convention consistently. We respect nan opposition, but we must usage this capacity arsenic a platform. Our distant shape and adapting to different styles has been challenging. Some teams are beingness and direct, you person to woody pinch 2nd balls and crosses into nan box.

"We've looked astatine ourselves precocious and said we haven't been bully capable successful definite games, and I hadn't said that for a agelong clip astir this group. So erstwhile nan adjacent crippled comes quickly, for illustration West Brom, we can't thrust this activity for excessively long.

"We return assurance from tonight, nan energy, nan output, nan diligence. That's what allows attacking players to shine. The difficult activity underpins everything."

Coventry recreation to West Brom this weekend, pinch nan Baggies successful a relegation scrap and conscionable 2 points extracurricular nan driblet zone.