Haji Wright has now been Coventry City’s hero for the second time in the past four days.
Wright scored the winning goal for Frank Lampard’s squad on Tuesday as the Sky Blues downed visiting Millwall 2-1 at the CBS Arena. The U.S. men’s national team forward took his season total up to 10 with his second-half strike, making it the sixth-consecutive campaign in which Wright has recorded double digits.
Both teams went into halftime deadlocked at 1-1 after Millwall’s Mihailo Ivanovic cancelled out Romain Esse’s opening goal for Coventry City.
As both sides pushed for a late winner, it was Wright who delivered with 12 minutes to play. Brandon Thomas-Asante laid off a pass in the box for Wright, who delivered a left-footed finish into the bottom-left corner.
The Sky Blues would hang on to claim their 17th league victory of the season, moving nine points clear of third-place Middlesbrough in the race for automatic promotion.
Wright logged 81 minutes in the match, making his 27th appearance of the season in all competitions.
“He deserves a big shout,” Lampard said postmatch in a club interview about Wright’s performance. “His overall game tonight impressed me more than just his goal involvements. He’s running, he’s working, he’s pressing defenders and helping. He got his goal which is what he deserved.”
Up next for Coventry City is a trip to Norwich City on January 26 as the league leaders seek their third-straight win.
Say it again regarding Wright – the man’s a heckuva instinctive finisher with the full set of tools. Both feet, head, can dribble you or bully, can both create and poach. And it surely does look like he’s heading to the Prem; Coventry keeps putting more and more daylight between themselves and the pack.
It’s hard to imagine there’s not a spot for him at the WC if he’s healthy.
I agree with you. He may be getting to a pretty good spell here.