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\u2026 and on the penalty decision, Lampard magnanimously says: \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a pen, but I do understand why the ref gave it \u2026 we don\u2019t have VAR at this level \u2026 the speed of it, from my angle, I thought urgh, it could be a pen, straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026 as for Jack Rudoni, Lampard says: \u201cHe has the ability to play in the Premier League \u2026 I just hope it\u2019s with us \u2026 he\u2019s a special player \u2026 he looked like a Champions League player today \u2026 I don\u2019t wanna overcook it!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n More from Lampard on Frank Onyeka, the Brentford loanee and new Coventry hero: \u201cHe\u2019s a quality player \u2026 an amazing lad \u2026 come in from the Premier League \u2026 incredible humility \u2026 he just comes in and works \u2026 such a lovely bloke \u2026 I\u2019m delighted for him \u2026 this place adores him already \u2026 players always see the level of player in training \u2026 that was clear straight away so there\u2019s a respect there \u2026 he\u2019s so diligent \u2026 he\u2019s just had a baby when he first came in \u2026 he\u2019s staying in hotels and not seeing his family \u2026 I\u2019m like get home and see them \u2026 he\u2019s no no, I need to be here, we\u2019ve got a game coming \u2026 the way he prepares \u2026 massive signals for the rest of the players.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Frank Lampard talks to Sky Sports. \u201cEnjoy it while it\u2019s there \u2026 we don\u2019t always get these nights and these results \u2026 the fans are a massive part of what we do \u2026 both teams took part in a great game of football and we\u2019ve come out on top \u2026 this team has got character \u2026 there\u2019s always tension at this part of the season \u2026 we started to play their game \u2026 credit to Derby because they had a good feeling at the end of the first half \u2026 after half time it was more us \u2026 a different performance \u2026 you can ask [Onyeka] whether it was a shot, I\u2019m taking it as a shot!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jack Rudoni, the player of the match, speaks to Sky Sports. \u201cIt\u2019s good \u2026 I\u2019ve only trained for two days \u2026 the gaffer was \u2018are you sure you have 30 in you?!\u2019 \u2026 I was \u2018yeah sure!\u2019 \u2026 buzzing to come on and help the team \u2026 thought I\u2019d won it with the first one \u2026 we had to respond again \u2026 that\u2019s been us all season \u2026 whenever we have a setback, the fight from the boys has been brilliant \u2026 we never dwell on it \u2026 we come right back \u2026 it shows the spirit \u2026 of course it\u2019s close \u2026 let\u2019s just win the games \u2026 we\u2019re staying focused \u2026 we\u2019re a good side and we believe in ourselves \u2026 yeah, we\u2019ll do it! We\u2019ll do it!\u201d<\/p>\n As for his mate Frank Onyeka \u2026 did he mean that first goal?! \u201cI saw the keeper and thought I have to chip it! \u2026 ha ha! \u2026 but good goal! \u2026 I hope it\u2019s the first of many more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Coventry City are now so close to ending their quarter-century exile from the Premier League. Just eight more points will guarantee promotion \u2026 and they\u2019ve got home games to come against doomed Sheffield Wednesday and struggling Portsmouth. What a story it would be if they make it, perhaps with Millwall in tow<\/a>. Anyone else of a certain generation got the theme to ITV\u2019s The Match<\/a> as an earworm?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Coventry and Derby shared eight goals at Pride Park last August; they share five tonight in another thriller! Derby were the better team in the first half, but Coventry showed the resilience of champions afterwards. They were greatly improved in the second, and ended up deserved winners, refusing to buckle when Derby levelled for a second time thanks to an unjustly awarded spot kick. Jack Rudoni is their two-goal hero, and he leads the celebrations as the CBS Arena slips into party mode. A huge result in the race for the Championship<\/a> title, and promotion to the Premier League!<\/p>\n Coventry City manager Frank Lampard celebrates his side\u2019s victory. Photograph: Dennis Goodwin\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.08 EDT<\/p>\n FULL TIME: Coventry City 3-2 Derby County<\/p>\n Coventry are now just eight points away from a return to the Premier League!<\/p>\n Coventry\u2019s double goalscorer Jack Rudoni (right) celebrates victory with teammate Haji Wright after the final whistle. Photograph: Dennis Goodwin\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.03 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min +8: There\u2019s still time for Allen to swing one in from the right. Agyemang meets the dropping ball at the far stick, but he\u2019s falling backwards and can neither head goalwards nor send the ball back across the face of goal! Instead he eyebrows it out for a goal kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +7: \u2026 then erupts with relief as Ward wafts a dismal free kick straight into the arms of Rushworth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +6: Brereton Diaz wins a cheap free kick off Mason-Clark, 35 yards out, just to the right of centre. One last chance for Derby to throw a Hail Mary. The CBS Arena falls into nervous almost-silence \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +5: Ward probes down the right but Dasilva is not for passing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +4: Rudoni wastes as much time as he can before taking the resulting free kick. Derby eventually snaffle the ball back but Brereton Diaz is only able to blooter upfield and out for a throw. Time, Coventry\u2019s friend now, continues to march on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +3: Rudoni, Coventry\u2019s hero in waiting, takes the corner short, then draws a foul. The clock ticks on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +2: Mason-Clark drives down the left and glides infield. He aims a curler towards the far corner. The ball takes a deflection off Ward and nearly loops in, the keeper rooted and stranded. But it sails out for a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +1: The first of seven additional minutes. The home fans with a collective sharp intake of breath.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Coventry replace their captain Grimes with Torp.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min: Murkin with space down the left. But he can\u2019t beat the first man with his cross. It really hasn\u2019t been his night. But say what you will about Derby\u2019s unfortunate left-back, at least he\u2019s not been anonymous Murkin<\/a>. (And yes I did require a supersize crowbar to squeeze in that reference to an obscure Anthony Newley musical that doesn\u2019t quite work now I come to think about it.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 87 min: Agyemang steams down the left and rolls a pass across the face of the Coventry box for Fraulo, who lets the ball trundle across his body \u2026 and there goes the opportunity to shoot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min: Ozoh makes way for Allen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min: Agyemang and Fraulo combine at speed down the left. For a second, it looks as though they\u2019ve opened Coventry up, but That Man Van Ewijk arrives from nowhere to intercept and clear! He\u2019s everywhere at the moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min: These two teams have rustled up 13 goals between them in their showdowns so far this season. Time for another? Derby fancy their chances of another equaliser, but Fraulo can\u2019t sort his feet out in the box.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min: Another assist for that man Van Ewijk, by the way! A case study in never giving up.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min: Rushworth celebrated that goal as though he\u2019d scored it himself. A release of all that frustration. And in other frustration news, Agyemang leaves a cheeky one on Thomas, studs atop the boot. He\u2019s booked for it, and can count himself lucky not to be walking. Thankfully Thomas survives.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Coventry City 3-2 Derby County (Rudoni 80)<\/p>\n Sakamoto dribbles down the right. He\u2019s held up but cuts back for Van Ewijk, who curls low into the mixer. Rudoni meets the ball first time, and sweeps a sidefoot across O\u2019Donnell and into the bottom left!<\/p>\n Coventry\u2019s Jack Rudoni watches as his shot heads towards the back of the Derby net and put the home ahead again. Photograph: Dennis Goodwin\/ProSports\/ShutterstockRudoni (left) celebrates with teammate Tatsuhiro Sakamoto. Photograph: Ryan Browne\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.55 EDT<\/p>\n 79 min: Coventry will wonder how they allowed themselves to be split apart so easily. But then again, they might not, because \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Coventry City 2-2 Derby County (Brereton Diaz 77 pen)<\/p>\n Brereton Diaz sidefoots into the right-hand portion of the net, having sent Rushworth the wrong way. Poor Rushworth, who flicked the ball away from the keeper only to be penalised. But nobody was saving that pen.<\/p>\n Ben Brereton D\u00edaz sends Coventry keeper Carl Rushworth the wrong way to put Derby back on level terms for the second time. Photograph: Ryan Browne\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.44 EDT<\/p>\n Penalty for Derby County!<\/p>\n 76 min: A ball down the middle of the park for Brereton Diaz. He\u2019s clear! He takes a heavy touch, though, and in trying to go round Rushworth on the left, goes over the keeper\u2019s arm. The referee points to the spot, though the keeper got a fingertip to the ball. It was fine work from the keeper, but he\u2019s unfairly punished. No VAR, so the decision will stand. Rushworth fuming!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min: Ward slips a pass down the left for Agyemang, who fizzes a low shot-cum-cross towards the near post. But there\u2019s nobody in Derby grey making a run, and Rushworth claims without fuss.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min: Banel, who had his chances to put Derby into the lead, is replaced by Fraulo.<\/p>\n