Lampard's first win was 'never going to be pretty'

Jake Bidwell was making his first Coventry City start in more than two months following a knee injury

Coventry City left-back Jake Bidwell was proud of his team-mates and the Sky Blues fans for getting the job done in such difficult circumstances as they won 1-0 at Millwall.

In horrible weather, as Storm Darragh pounded away at The Den, at one of the most notoriously difficult away grounds in the country, Ephron Mason-Clark's 63rd-minute winner earned City their first victory under new boss Frank Lampard.

"We knew with the way conditions were all around the country, it wasn't going to be pretty," Bidwell told BBC CWR. "The ball was moving around all over the place. You could see that with the lads trying to take corners.

"But we still played some decent stuff at times and we battled when we needed to. Some good blocks and headers late on."

On his first start since 5 October following knee trouble, Bidwell linked up well down the left with scorer Mason-Clark, who is another to have felt the galvanising effect of Lampard's appointment, having got off the mark for the club in last weekend's 2-2 home draw with Cardiff City.

"He can go left, he can go right, roll people, he's strong, quick and now he has back-to-back goals - I'm delighted for him as he's a great lad," said Bidwell.

"Lads who hadn't had much of a chance now have fresh impetus, making good competition for places. I'm pleased to be back and feeling good. My knee is great. It was my first injury for six or seven years. I hope it takes that long before I get another one.

"And I don't know how many times I've said it in my three years here, but those fans of ours are unbelievable. We're sold out everywhere. I'm just glad we could send them back with three points. And it would be great if we could do the same for them against West Brom on Wednesday night.

"One good performance a week won't get you very far in this division. We need another performance and another win."