Coventry Round-Up, Friday 6th November: Lampard's Return to Everton Ends in 3-1 Defeat as Toffees Storm Back
Coventry City's trip to Merseyside ended in disappointment as Frank Lampard's return to his former club Everton finished in a 3-1 defeat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Sky Blues had made the perfect start, with Gboho's clever flick putting the visitors ahead (Sky Sports), but Everton hit back quickly as Thierno Barry levelled the scores just five minutes later (Sky Sports). Barry then struck again inside four minutes to turn the game around and put the Toffees in front (Sky Sports), before Dewsbury-Hall added a superb strike to all but seal it for the hosts (Sky Sports). The Sun reported that Barry's brace helped Everton secure back-to-back wins for the first time this season as they moved up to fifth. There was late controversy too, with Sky Sports noting that Everton were denied what they felt was a penalty after VAR ruled a foul by Mykolenko had taken place outside the box (Sky Sports).
Before kick-off there had been plenty of optimism around Coventry's visit. BBC Sport reported that victory at Goodison's replacement, the Hill Dickinson Stadium, could have lifted Coventry as high as 11th in the Premier League, with belief said to be growing under Lampard (BBC Sport). The Guardian framed the game as a chance for Coventry to put themselves on the right side of history in their survival fight (The Guardian), while CoventryLive carried Lampard's thoughts on his own struggles during his time in charge of Everton and how that experience has shaped his work at Coventry (CoventryLive). Live coverage and team news in the build-up was provided by CoventryLive and Sky Sports as fans prepared for the club's first-ever visit to Everton's new home (CoventryLive) (Sky Sports).
Elsewhere, Football365 took a wider look at how this season's promoted trio of Hull, Ipswich and Coventry are getting on compared with promoted sides over the last decade, suggesting the three clubs are currently defying earlier predictions that they would all be battling straight back down (Football365).
It was a tough night on Merseyside in the end for Coventry, but the opening goal and the overall context of their promotion campaign will offer some crumbs of comfort as they look to bounce back in their next fixture.
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