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Since winning the Championship by 11 points from Ipswich Town<\/a>, Coventry have spent about \u00a3130m, breaking their transfer record four times already this summer.<\/p>\n They have signed midfielder Frank Onyeka, centre-back Aurele Amenda, winger Loum Tchaouna and goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, while Ghana midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi was their record signing at \u00a323.1m.<\/p>\n All five started at the Emirates, while fellow new arrivals, Gustavo Hamer from Sheffield United and striker Taiwo Awoniyi from Nottingham Forest<\/a>, came on as substitutes. <\/p>\n All of them have top-flight or international experience, as well as physicality to their game, but even those additions did little to prevent Arsenal<\/a> from asserting their superiority on Friday night. <\/p>\n When asked what Lampard told the players at full-time, captain Matt Grimes said: “Our season won’t be defined by coming to places like this and getting beaten. Coming here against players like this is always going to be a tough ask.”<\/p>\n But a game that could define their season follows next week when they host Hull City<\/a> – who came up through the play-offs – at the Coventry Building Society Arena. <\/p>\n The Sky Blues have the toughest opening schedule of any team this season, according to Opta<\/a>, with trips against Manchester City<\/a> and Nottingham Forest<\/a> to come next month, so the game against Hull takes on greater significance. <\/p>\n The teams played out goalless draws in both meetings in the Championship last season. <\/p>\n “With that start, we have to remain calm,” admitted Lampard.<\/p>\n “We want to get rolling. We had a good feeling last year of winning games and it makes everything pretty easy. It won’t be so easy this year, but we want to get those points for sure.”<\/p>\n Returning to the Premier League was hard for the Sky Blues. But now it gets even harder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n