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Lampard hails Coventry's "professionalism" in West Brom win

Frank Lampard celebrates victory over West Brom with the Sky Blues fans [Shutterstock]

Coventry boss Frank Lampard was delighted with his Championship leaders' "professionalism" as they swept West Brom aside to win 2-0 at The Hawthorns and record their first league away win since November 25.

Coventry won through goals from Ephron Mason-Clark and Jack Rudoni and have stretched their lead at the top to three points in the race for the title.

Lampard told BBC CWR Radio: "The overall professionalism of the game pleased me, how we approached it, two fantastic goals of real quality in different ways. We were never really threatened by them.

"In the second half, we wanted to be a bit more compact, with a mid-block, and make it harder for them because we could feel a little bit of anxiety in the stadium. The players delivered all those messages, which you have to do to get a good away win and a good away performance like this.

"It was a great goal from Ephron. The ball was won back, the timing of it, his run through the backline, a great finish and he showed a real calmness. That gave us a good feeling, but we've lost some away games when we've gone a goal up, but we carried it on and then Rudi's goal was special.

"I'm delighted for him individually, how he's been training, how he's been playing. He's looked fitter and fresher and he's got a goal, which is of the highest level."

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