Wayne Rooney suffered a damaging defeat at the hands of former England team-mate Frank Lampard as the Championship’s bottom club Plymouth suffered a first-half collapse at Coventry.

Wayne Rooney is facing even more pressure after his Plymouth Argyle side were hammered at Frank Lampard's Coventry City - which left them bottom of the Championship

Defeat condemns Championship's bottom side to a fifth defeat in six games as Lampard comes out on top in battle of former England teammates

Plymouth’s problems went from bad to worse as Wayne Rooney’s side shipped FOUR goals in the first half at Coventry. The Pilgrims, who are winless in their last eight, are bottom of the

Frank Lampard's Coventry City side host Wayne Rooney's struggling Plymouth Argyle on Boxing Day, with both of the England legends in desperate need of a victory

Coventry City thumped Plymouth Argyle 4-0 on Boxing Day in the first meeting of former club rivals and England teammates Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney as managers.A Josh Eccles brace and a goal apiece for Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Ephron Mason-Clark helped Coventry rise to 14th in the Championship table.

Coventry City team news from CoventryLive as Frank Lampard has named his starting eleven to face Wayne Rooney's Plymouth Argyle

Frank Lampard is relishing the prospect of a Boxing Day clash with his former England team-mate Wayne Rooney as Coventry City prepare to face Plymouth Argyle. Rooney’s Plymouth, sitting rock bottom in the Championship, travel to the Midlands on Thursday to take on Lampard’s Coventry.