Coventry City 4-1 Newcastle United: Stephen Mfuni receives high Frank Lampard praise after Magpies thrashing

Coventry City manager Frank Lampard could not fell his admiration of Stephen Mfuni aft Monday's 4-1 triumph implicit Newcastle United.

While the Sky Blues had assurance aft the 1-0 triumph astatine Nottingham Forest anterior to the planetary break, Newcastle had the accidental to determination into 4th spot successful the Premier League table.

However, it was Coventry who claimed each 3 points, with a Jack Rudoni penalty, Sidiki Cherif, Ellis Simms and Mfuni getting connected the scoresheet.

Despite contributing to a cleanable expanse astatine the City Ground, Manchester City loanee Mfuni had been dropped to the substitutes' bench.

Nevertheless, the 18-year-old responded with a superb left-footed decorativeness from the borderline of the country to seal each 3 points for his team.

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Lampard hints astatine tendency to motion Mfuni from Manchester City

After the game, Lampard was quizzed by BBC Sport connected the improvement of Cherif and Mfuni.

In response, Lampard suggested that helium would similar to adhd Mfuni to his squad connected a imperishable basis.

He said: "Their cognition and the mode they are is apical level. They privation to learn. They've settled quickly. Steph is going to beryllium a apical subordinate successful each sense. Unfortunately he's not ours. He's shown unthinkable maturity.

"We person to support our feet connected the crushed due to the fact that it's truthful hard successful this league. If you deliberation you person cracked it you haven't.

"Good feeling but don't get implicit excited. Enjoy the moment."

Could Mfuni go a cardinal subordinate for Coventry, Man City oregon England?

The mode successful which Mfuni enactment his digit to his rima to "shush" the assemblage aft his extremity suggested that helium has faced disapproval from immoderate quarters.

Regardless, this is simply a subordinate who does not crook 19 years of property until February and has already made a combined 12 appearances for Man City, Watford and Coventry, arsenic good arsenic featured connected 2 occasions for England Under-21s.

That suggests that the teen is viewed arsenic idiosyncratic who has the imaginable to go a prima for nine and country.

In the abbreviated term, the absorption volition beryllium connected earning crippled clip for Coventry and trying to steer them wide of a relegation scrap.

He has present been connected the transportation for 97 minutes successful the Premier League without conceding a goal.