Lampard needs Coventry's missing attacking outlets

Coventry City boss Frank Lampard admits he was hampered by the loss of in-form Ephron Mason-Clark and the continued absence of seven-goal top scorer Haji Wright in Sunday's 0-0 home draw with Millwall.

US international striker Wright has now missed nine matches with an ankle injury - and is yet to appear under Lampard, who hopes to get him back as soon as possible in the New Year.

But Wright's continued absence was compounded by the loss of Mason-Clark, who had scored four times in Lampard's first six games but has now been ruled out with a hamstring injury that will extend beyond the New Year's Day trip to Cardiff and next Sunday's game at Norwich.

"We need other solutions as they are two huge attacking outlets for us," Lampard told BBC CWR.

"Mason-Clark gives us real width and then there's his goalscoring and the balance he gives us. But he's got a hamstring issue and he may be out for some weeks.

"As for Haji, we're hoping to have him out on the grass in January. It can't come soon enough as I haven't had the chance to work with him yet.

"Millwall do make it very hard for you. They're very hard to get through and you just have to stay patient. You go though their results this season and you see how hard they've made it for other teams.

"In the first half they blocked the middle of the pitch and made us go out wide. But I'm only frustrated with the result. I'm happy with the performance and another clean sheet.

"And Jack Rudoni was so unlucky. That goes in another day and then you walk away happy having won a tight game 1-0. But that's not the reality of the Championship. It doesn't always work like that."