The Man City man pulled level with the former Arsenal striker’s 175 PL goals with the winner against Leicester and admits he is surprised at his achievement
Agencies
London, December 14
Frank Lampard described joining Thierry Henry as the joint fourth-highest goalscorer in Premier League history as “incredible”.
The veteran midfielder scored the only goal of the game as champions Manchester City beat rock-bottom Leicester City 1-0 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. Lampard has now scored 175 Premier League goals, the same tally achieved by legendary Arsenal striker Henry.
And the 36-year-old Englishman, who is on loan from MLS outfit New York City FC, is thrilled to have equalled one of the icons of the Premier League era.
“I’m very happy with it, I thought it was going to be out of my reach,” Lampard told BBC Sport.
“I have respect for Henry. He is one of the greatest in Premier League history and to be up there with him his incredible.”
Lampard’s sixth City goal, which came five minutes before the break, helped City record a seventh consecutive victory in all competitions.
The former Chelsea man admitted Manuel Pellegrini’s team were not at their best, but believes they did more than enough to leave with all three points.
“Those are the kind of games we need to get results, we needed to grind them out. We were not at our best but got three points,” Lampard added.
“I’ve watched Leicester and seen even though they are down near the bottom, they are not short of passion. They showed that today. We were nowhere near the force we can be sometimes, but you have to show two sides to your game and I think we did that today.”
Meanwhile, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says skipper Vincent Kompany and striker Edin Dzeko will be out until the New Year through injury.
Dzeko injured himself during the warm up of Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League win over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium while Kompany lasted 77 minutes before limping out with a hamstring injury.
“It’s difficult immediately after the game to see what happened with both of them,” Pellegrini said.
“Vincent Kompany has the same hamstring as a few weeks ago, which is why he didn’t play in Rome and Edin Dzeko felt a muscle injury in his calf so maybe he will be more than a couple of weeks out.”
