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Coventry City 3-0 Sunderland: Hat-trick Haji Wright is Frank Lampard’s Sky Blues hero

Frank Lampard praised his Coventry City side’s hat-trick hero, Haji Wright, after he scored his first goals since November in the Sky Blues’ victory over Sunderland.
SPOT-ON: Haji Wright scores his second of the afternoon PICTURES: Alamy

By Tom Jarvis

COVENTRY CITY 3
Wright 21, 29 (pen), 73

SUNDERLAND 0
Frank Lampard praised his Coventry City side’s hat-trick hero, Haji Wright, after he scored his first goals since November in the Sky Blues’ victory over Sunderland.
The USA international last scored in Coventry’s trip to Sunderland back in November, but picked up an ankle injury in the same game that has left him on the sidelines for the best part of four months.
Lampard’s side had dropped out of the top six after a disappointing defeat to relegation-threatened Derby County in midweek, coupled with Bristol City’s win over...

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