Frank Lampard’s enduring excellence makes Manchester City stay a formality

The midfielder will surely extend his stay with Manchester City beyond January and do not be surprised if he plays a crucial role in their title race with his former club Chelsea

• Pellegrini wants Lampard to stay at Manchester City

To stand only one goal behind Thierry Henry in the Premier League’s all-time scoring charts is a measure of Frank Lampard’s supreme talent. To score as many in all competitions as Yaya Touré this season – five – with far less game-time is another. And to have the best top-flight strike rate of a goal every 68 minutes, to lead Sergio Agüero (81) and Diego Costa (83), when a midfielder by trade is one more.

Yet perhaps the best indicator of Lampard’s enduring excellence is that these achievements all derive from a man in a 37th year, one whose relentless drive took him to 174 league goals on Sunday at Southampton and who can now hope of overhauling Henry’s mark of 175 for Arsenal.

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