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Coventry City boss Frank Lampard has said that the scoreless draw at home to Oxford United was a “frustrating result”.
Despite the visitors being reduced to 10 men late on, the Sky Blues were unable to take advantage as their winless run in the Championship extends to three matches.
“It’s a frustrating result but the lads did everything,” Lampard told BBC Radio CWR.
“There’s lots of positives in the performance
Stoke have lost a significant amount of momentum, with six defeats in their past nine games, and there was frustration inside the ground at the final whistle after another home game delivered so little.
Preston, whose manager Heckingbottom was watching from the stands as he served a touchline suspension, had the better of the early chances, with Thierry Small’s effort at the end of a lovely flowing move smothered brilliantly
James has suffered from knee and repeated hamstring issues over the past few seasons.
Since he was made Chelsea captain at the start of last campaign, he has started just eight top-flight games.
His previous league appearance had been an eight-minute cameo against Arsenal in November, with his last goal coming against AC Milan in October 2022.
On Saturday, the England international returned from his latest two-month setback when he
Arsenal were held to a frustrating goalless draw by Everton in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium.
The hosts had 75% possession and a total of 13 shots, but could not find the breakthrough against an Everton side that defended resolutely and had only one shot in the entire game.
That came in the sixth minute and was arguably the best chance of the contest when Abdoulaye Doucoure was played