Pellegrini: Lampard could extend Manchester City stay

 
Sep 25, 2014 00:23:00

The former Chelsea midfielder bagged a double in the 7-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday, with his manager hinting that he may extend his loan
Manuel Pellegrini paid tribute to Frank Lampard after he scored twice in Manchester City's 7-0 Capital One Cup rout of Sheffield Wednesday and admits that he may extend his loan stay at the club.

The holders took a while to get going at the Etihad Stadium, but Lampard followed up Sunday's crucial equaliser against former club Chelsea by opening the scoring at the start of the second half.

Edin Dzeko also scored a double, while Jesus Navas, Yaya Toure and Jose Pozo were also on target before Lampard rounded off the scoring with his second in stoppage time.

The former Chelsea midfielder's loan is set to expire in January but Pellegrini has revealed that City will look into extending his stay when the transfer window reopens.

"It's an issue I will see further, in this moment it's not the most important thing," he told reporters. "We'll see what happens in January, we have two or three months more to decide, we'll do what is more important for the club and for the player.

"We are going to do what is best for team and the player so we have time to decide, we must talk about a lot of things but it's not impossible to stay."

He added: "For me is never difficult to put a good player in the team, the problem is when you don't have players.

"It's very important for Frank to score again, he's a very important player. I said after the game against Chelsea he was important for our team.

"Maybe he's 36, he can't play three games in a row but he knows how to play the sport and he's a top player in that sense."

City will host Newcastle in round four and Pellegrini insists they have no intention of giving up this trophy without a fight.

"It was a very satisfying result and very good to get back to our best scoring form," added the Chilean.

"It was not the real difference between the two teams as they played well, especially in the first half, but I'm happy because we returned to being a scoring team.

"Maybe in the last two games here at home [against Stoke and Chelsea] we didn't do it, so I think for the team it is very important.

"We are just in round number three, but it's important to defend this title the way we did."