Lampard hails ‘quality’ Coventry star and ‘massive performance’ in win over Middlesbrough | OneFootball

Frank Lampard heaped praise on hat-trick hero Haji Wright as Coventry returned to the top of the Championship following a 3-1 win over Middlesbrough.

Wright’s 21st minute opener set the Sky Blues on the path to victory, before adding another after the break.

Middlesbrough pulled one back in the 67th minute but moments later, Wright was given the chance to score his third with a penalty, which he duly dispatched.

“I’m delighted for Haji,” Coventry boss Lampard said. “Strikers get judged so much on goals.

“He came out the blocks at the start of the season and then he had a little bit of an injury when he was away with his national team and when he came back it sort of broke his rhythm but there’s so much talent there.

“When you get him really feeling like this is a competitive game, he uses all his attributes and strength, he’s got great quality and we saw that tonight.”

“That has to give him the confidence to go and reproduce that.”

Reflecting on the result, Lampard said: “That was a big one for us tonight.

“It’s a massive performance from the lads. They are a good team which is why they’ve done what they’ve done recently. 

“We worked all week off the ball. We wanted to press and very high, and the lads followed that brilliantly. Second half we went into more of a block and gave them problems that way.”