Frank Lampard wants Coventry to build on achievement of Nottingham Forest win

Coventry boss Frank Lampard hopes his side can use their first Premier League win in 25 years as a springboard for success.

The Sky Blues won in the top flight for the first time since April 2001 as Jay DaSilva’s second-half goal gave them a memorable 1-0 victory at Nottingham Forest.

It ended a miserable return to the big time, which started with four defeats and no goals, and a season of struggle looked on the cards.

However, the three points moves them off the bottom of the table and Lampard hopes it can prove important heading into a three-week international break.

“I hope so, and we have to keep our feet on the ground because it’s one win, and we’ve felt how ruthless the league is already,” he said.

“We’ve had two of the toughest games on paper, probably in (Manchester) City and Arsenal, but it doesn’t matter.

“The points still said zero after four games and that hurts. So I think going into a break, yeah, for sure, for everyone to have a bit of rest, to feel good about it.

“You know that’s the starting point, so they can use that.

“Every win is a relief, no matter what. I mean, especially in our position, because you sit at the bottom of the table, you want to win because you don’t like to look at it.

“But even when you’re top of the Championship last year, there’s a version of a relief for the manager, anyway.”

The defeat continues Forest’s worrying home record, where they have won just once in the league since December last year.

They have yet to score this season after having another goal ruled out by VAR, with Igor Jesus’ late leveller chalked off when referee Jared Gillett was sent to the screen and changed his decision.

Boss Oliver Glasner did not want that to be the talking point and instead spoke about how his side are struggling with the pressure.

“For me, being very honest, I felt for the first time the heaviness of the past. The players were very quiet before the game,” he said.

“I just saw and felt that everybody, let’s say, with a red shirt, got nervous today, and I think this is, for me now, and I’m still in the process of understanding the players of understanding Forest, maybe the biggest part of what we have to get under control, not to feel this pressure.

“Today we felt, ‘Ah, we have to win it now’. We play a promoted team at home. We have to win.

“We have to win, and we all know, then some things don’t work and that’s how I analyse the game.

“So, for me, the biggest problem was not the football skill, it was more the the mental side, and that’s why it’s pretty clear now players need support here.”