Lampard tells Coventry players to stay ‘level-headed’
Boro win at Charlton; Millwall denied by late own goal
Frank Lampard insisted the title race was never over after his Coventry side were frustrated in a 1-1 draw at 10-man Preston as their Championship lead was reduced to five points.
After Andrew Hughes deflected Jack Rudoni’s shot into his own net, it seemed as if Coventry would bounce back strongly from their 3-0 defeat by Ipswich at the weekend. But despite that, and the man advantage after Liam Lindsay was sent off for dragging back Haji Wright when he was through on goal, Daniel Jebbison struck late to help Middlesbrough to move to within five points of the top.
Lampard, the Coventry manager, said: “I am the first one to say that when we were 10 points clear and people don’t go 10 points clear in December and win this league. There is a lot to be done and it is important that the players stay level-headed and it is one game in which we played pretty well, and one moment was costly. I said to the players it shouldn’t feel like a loss but it does because of the standards and the way that we play.”
