Millwall 0-1 Coventry: It’s lift-off for Frank Lampard as he grabs his first win as boss to extend unbeaten start at the Sky Blues

Coventry boss Frank Lampard felt his players took the game by the scruff of the neck after half-time at Millwall as he enjoyed his first win in charge.

Ephron Mason-Clark scored the only goal of the game to reward an improved second-half display by the visitors, who ended a run of five games without a win in the Championship.

Lampard has now picked up four points from his first two games in the Coventry dugout.

He said: ‘In this league you have to have that (fully committed defending) and it was something that was a little bit lacking last week.

‘But they grabbed it in the second half, and we created enough chances to possibly be winning 2-0 and have the game done.’

Millwall thought they had gone ahead after 12 minutes when Joe Bryan’s wind-assisted corner went straight in, but a foul by Macaulay Langstaff on Coventry goalkeeper Brad Collins saw the goal disallowed.

Ephron Mason-Clark watches his strilke fly in for the only goal in the win against Millwall

Millwall manager Neil Harris admitted that his side weren’t good enough and have work to do

Coventry picked up after half-time and came close when Victor Torp’s cross fell for Mason-Clark, who was denied by Lukas Jensen from point-blank range.

But Mason-Clark made no mistake in the 63rd minute when he steered in a volley from Jack Rudoni’s cross off the underside of the bar to put the visitors in front.

Millwall boss Neil Harris said: ‘We just lacked quality, didn’t we? It just shows how there’s a lot of learning we’ve got in front of us.’