Frank Lampard hailed Coventry’s win against Leicester as “massive” after Haji Wright’s first goal since early October secured a 2-1 victory. Jordan James had opened the scoring for the visitors before Ellis Simms equalised shortly after half-time. Wright came off the bench to grab an 85th-minute winner as Coventry claimed a much-needed three points after a run of two victories in eight.
“It was a massive win because it was a tough match,” said Lampard. “They’re a quality team, you can’t get fooled by their league position because if they turn up and play well they give you problems. They gave us problems in the first half which makes us happier that we had half-time, dealt tactically with the problems and the feeling of the game and owned it in the second half.
“It was tense in the first half, they played well but we grabbed it back. Over the course of a season of course you’ll have games like this and full credit to the lads. We’ve set really high standards here and we’re used to having a lot of momentum in games and it’s normal that you don’t always have that. It’s my job to remind players because there was tension in the stadium.”
View image in fullscreen Sam Szmodics after scoring Ipswich’s third goal against his former club Blackburn. Photograph: Keeran Marquis/SPP/Shutterstock
The former Blackburn player Sam Szmodics scored a late third goal against his old club as Ipswich extended their unbeaten run to six matches in all competitions with a 3-0 victory at Portman Road.
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