Lampard wants Sky Blues up for final two games

BBC News

22-04-2025

Frank Lampard says Coventry's players need to be "up to the challenge" as they seek to secure a Championship play-off place.Despite a 3-1 defeat at basement boys Plymouth on Monday, the Sky Blues remain sixth, a point behind Bristol City and three ahead of Middlesbrough and Millwall, with each club having two games to play.When Lampard took over, Coventry were 17th, two points above the relegation zone and 10 adrift of the play-off places.He told BBC CWR: "We've amassed a huge amount of points from where we were. "We're sixth, if you'd asked me when we came in if we'd take that with two games to go, absolutely we would. "I'm not going to sit here and have a go at the lads. We've got this close, now we have to go and deal with what's in front of us in the last two games."While the Sky Blues went down at Home Park, Bristol City lost 3-1 at Luton while Middlesbrough went down 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday."It's a big bonus," Lampard admitted of the other results. "This is the Championship, anything can happen, it's the cutting-edge time of the season. "This time of year is very hard, which is why I won't hang too much on the result."Coventry head to Kenilworth Road themselves on Saturday (12:30 BST) with the Hatters in the relegation zone on goal difference."The shape will be similar (to Plymouth), the atmosphere is going to be hot, Luton are still right in it. We have to accept the challenge."The players know that was not our level (on Monday), it can happen, but we don't want it to happen again."Hear more from Frank Lampard on the Sky Blues Fancast via BBC Sounds here.