Coventry had virtually 60% of the ball on the night time as Lampard’s facet had 20 photographs to Sunderland’s 16.

And Le Bris, who has now led Sunderland to a play-off remaining in opposition to Sheffield United in his first season on the membership, conceded the guests have been the higher staff in regular time.

“It is actually incredible as a result of this situation was completely unimaginable,” Le Bris advised Sky Sports activities.

“We have been most likely too nervous for the primary a part of the sport.

“Throughout additional time, we have been good. We performed our soccer and we simply get pleasure from it now.”

For Coventry, it is a painful finish to a season which has been on an upward trajectory since Lampard changed Mark Robins in November.

Former Chelsea and Everton boss Lampard took over with the membership seventeenth within the Championship and led them to a fifth-place end, profitable 16 of his 29 league video games in cost.

“If anybody watched the 2 video games, we dominated at residence, we made a mistake and so they scored,” Lampard advised Sky Sports activities. “I believe we dominated large durations of this sport [too]. We performed, managed and within the second half it was wave after wave.

“The gamers have given every little thing from the place we have come from – seventeenth within the league in December and the gamers have been good within the second half of the season.

“We’re not bitter, and congratulations to Sunderland, however we have been the higher staff over the 2 soccer matches and that is why they’re going to be so joyful going to Wembley.”