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Coventry City’s Frank Lampard delivers message to under-fire Sheffield Wednesday individual
Coventry City boss Frank Lampard has offered young Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper James Beadle advice following his error during the clash between the two sides last Saturday.
The Sky Blues leapfrogged their play-off rivals Wednesday with a 2-1 victory at Hillsborough last weekend thanks to Ellis Simms’ 92nd minute winner.
Lampard’s men took the lead on 16 minutes when Simms nodded home Jack Rudoni’s cross, while the Owls found a deserved equaliser in the second half via Joel Latibeaudiere’s own goal.
It was the Sky Blues who took the spoils in South Yorkshire, though, when the aforementioned Coventry number nine capitalised on Beadle’s error in additional time, and tapped home into an empty net.
The Wednesday goalkeeper was attempting to deal with a long ball, but when he fluffed his lines, it offered Simms a golden opportunity to claim all three points for the visitors, and he duly obliged.
The former England midfielder told the Sheffield Star: “I would say absolutely nothing to him other than he should keep going, and he should keep his head because I know he’s a highly talented goalkeeper, really good.
“Some of my staff have worked with him.
“It’s par for the course of being a goalkeeper, but he’ll be OK.
“He’s a really bright, talented goalkeeper.