Coventry celebrates home news with six-goal win
Frank Lampard's Coventry City found its ruthless streak with a destructive performance againts Queens Park Rangers, thrashing the London side 7-1 to move up to third on the EFL Championship table.
Haji Wright, Jack Rudoni and Victor Torp all scored a brace each, while Brandon Thomas-Asante was also on target at Coventry Building Society Arena, hours after the club announced its purchase of the stadium.
The Sky Blues moved above West Bromwich Albion, and they have now gone unbeaten across their first three league matches in a campaign for the first time since 2019-2020.
"It's a great day," Lampard said after the final whistle.
"Obviously, this morning the news of Doug making this arena officially our home and bringing the club together in that way, this is a club with a great history and tradition that's been through so many things and to make this our home was a really special announcement this morning.
"I'm delighted for everybody. Congratulations to Doug himself, but mainly to the fans of the club, they come and support every week and follow us.
"The onus was then on us to put on a performance, and the boys certainly did that from the first minute, it was a performance of quality, a performance of mentality and attitude, and they were at it in every single way."
