Lampard happy as players 'own' thrilling Boro win

Coventry City manager Frank Lampard was delighted with the character and quality his players showed in their 4-2 win over Middlesbrough.

Victory extended their lead at the top of the Championship to 10 points over Boro and Stoke City after this thrilling game.

They quickly went two goals up through Ellis Simms and Liam Kitching, were pegged back to 2-2 by their hosts before goals in the 85th and 86th minute from Kitching and Simms again secured a 10th win in 11 games for the Sky Blues.

"It was two good teams, Boro are where they are for a reason," said Lampard.

"There were lots of factors that made this a tough match for us tonight.

"They started the game well, but we were so clinical. We looked a big threat in our counter-attacking in the first half and we created some big chances beyond the goals.

"But they're a good team and they caused us problems and we changed in the second half to counter that and I thought we were outstanding in the last 20 minutes.

"When games go from 2-0 to 2-2, we've all seen that story before and how it pans out. Momentum is with the other team but we gripped the game back. The changes probably helped, but the players - they owned that today."