Frank Lampard says it’s too soon to judge Manuel Pellegrini

FRANK Lampard concedes the day of reckoning is nigh for Manuel Pellegrini and his under-achieving Manchester City stars, but the veteran former Chelsea midfielder is not prepared to write off his manager just yet.

A routine victory, aided by a controversial early sending-off for Albion, maintained City’s interest in the title race for a little while longer, at the end of a week in which another embarrassing European exit left huge question marks hanging over the futures of the club’s staff and players.

It was a point not avoided by Lampard but one which the player feels may be premature. Having been involved in numerous such autopsies in his time at Stamford Bridge, Lampard believes any changes at City need to be determined in the summer not now in the midst of an unimpressive title defence.