Ellis Simms sent Coventry City through to the second round of the Carabao Cup but admitted that he was disappointed not to have scored a hat-trick on his 100th appearance for the club.

Frank Lampard, however, was pleased with the centre-forward’s contribution against Luton Town in his first appearance of the new campaign.

Deployed alongside Haji Wright in a changed 4-4-2 formation, the 24-year-old had the best of the Sky Blues ’ chances at the CBS Arena and scored the only goal of the night with a simple far post tap-in from a pass supplied by his strike partner.

“Making good runs and arriving in the box is the starting point and then the technical bit and the finishing is the other bit,” said Lampard in his post-match assessment of Simms, “but we know with Ellis that he can score goa

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