Spurs 3-1 Coventry City: Frank Lampard gives refreshing response to controversial goal in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium defeat

Frank Lampard refused to criticise the officials aft Coventry City suffered a 3-1 decision to Tottenham Hotspur connected Monday night.

Spurs secured their archetypal Premier League triumph of 2026-27 arsenic James Maddison, Omar Marmoush and Ben Davies got connected the scoresheet.

However, Coventry had been successful the crippled astatine 1-1 courtesy of Jack Rudoni's close-range decorativeness earlier Marmoush's 20-yard onslaught survived a VAR call.

The Egyptian prima caught Milan van Ewijk with a stray elbow that felled the Dutchman anterior to his long-range effort.

While Lampard and the Coventry backroom unit appeared furious with the determination of the officials and VAR astatine the time, the Englishman did not absorption connected the incidental aft the game.

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Lampard reacts to Coventry's decision to Spurs

Although Lampard claimed that the determination was "questionable", helium alternatively prioritised speaking connected different encouraging show from the Sky Blues.

Lampard told BBC Sport: "Very pleased with the performance. We were successful the crippled to accidental the least. Two outstanding goals for them, the 2nd was questionable due to the fact that the limb up successful the look but prime finish.

"I americium arrogant of the performance. 3-1 feels nasty astatine the extremity due to the fact that of the past goal. We created immoderate bully moments. We wanted to commencement good arsenic they commencement good successful each crippled they person played present but haven't got what they deserved.

"The feeling and travel of the crippled we were brave and getting radical up connected their apical line. Individuals were showing their prime with Rudoni and Thomas-Asante - 8 of the boys played successful the Championship past twelvemonth and present they person shown they person grown.

"I don't similar the fixture database game, they are each hard. Are we happy? We volition ever privation more, we consciousness there's a mates much points we felt we could person had."

What adjacent for Coventry?

Despite caller victories implicit Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United, Coventry are down successful 17th presumption successful the Premier League table.

Lampard's broadside present look 2 potentially-pivotal fixtures astatine location to Fulham and Sunderland, the teams sitting successful 18th and 20th spot respectively.