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Get all the reaction from the RamsTV Studio to Derby County’s Sky Bet Championship fixture at Swansea City.
Get all the reaction from the RamsTV Studio to Derby County’s Sky Bet Championship fixture at Swansea City.
Watch the match highlights from Derby County’s 2024/25 Sky Bet Championship fixture at Swansea City.
Midfielder Liam Thompson stressed the importance of maintaining the belief in the squad after Derby County sustained their first defeat in the last five Sky Bet Championship matches when they were pipped 1-0 by Swansea City on Saturday.
Head Coach John Eustace pointed to Derby County’s desire and commitment despite his side being ‘punished for switching off’ in their first defeat in five Sky Bet Championship games in a 1-0 loss at Swansea City on Saturday afternoon.
Derby County Head Coach John Eustace speaks to RamsTV following the side’s 2024/25 Sky Bet Championship fixture at Swansea City.
Derby County midfielder Liam Thompson speaks to RamsTV following the side’s 2024/25 Sky Bet Championship fixture at Swansea City.
Derby County’s allocation of tickets for their 2024/25 Sky Bet Championship fixture at West Bromwich Albion have sold out.
Derby County’s starting line-up for their Sky Bet Championship contest against Swansea City this afternoon has been confirmed (3pm kick-off).
Derby County will play their second Sky Bet Championship fixture of April when they face Swansea City in South Wales on Saturday afternoon (3pm kick-off).
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Derby County fell to a 1-0 defeat to Millwall at Pride Park Stadium on Wednesday evening.
The re-arranged fixture due to FA Cup involvement saw just one shot on target which handed the Lions all three points although, the Rams remain just outside the play-off places in seventh.
Ashley Cole made his first start in a Derby shirt and his first on English soil since 2014.
Jed Wallace handed the visitors the winning goal in the second-half when a long ball found him with open space to fire into the bottom corner.
The Rams were in control for much of the first-half, owning almost 75 percent of possession within the opening 15 minutes. However, that came without much production up front.
Martyn Waghorn looked to grab the lead for the Rams after 20 minutes after Duane Holmes did brilliantly down the right flank to shake off his man and cross into Waghorn, but the forward ran out of space under the pressure of the Lions’ defence.
Waghorn eyed another opportunity when he was left open in front of goal and looked to acrobatically latch onto the end of a cross from the right again, but it was too strong.
The Rams looked more of a threat to open the second half with Richard Keogh flicking on a corner by Harry Wilson just wide before Fikayo Tomori played through Jack Marriott who beat his two defenders but could only get a weak shot off.
The visitors took the lead with their first and only clear-cut opportunity. Wallace was played through with wide open space in front of him to take his time and fire across goal and into the bottom right corner.
The Rams continued to dominate possession as they looked for an equaliser and pressure began to mount up in added time.
First Tomori’s header was parried by Jordan Archer before a strong strike by Florian Jozefzoon was deflected off target.
Derby County: Roos; Bogle, Keogh, Tomori; Holmes, Bryson, Huddlestone (King, 73), Wilson (Nugent, 86), Cole (Jozefzoon, 73); Waghorn, Marriott
Unused Subs: Ravas, Malone, Wisdom, Johnson
Millwall: Archer; Romeo, Hutchinson, Cooper, M. Wallace; J. Wallace (Tunnicliffe, 88), Leonard, Williams, Marshall; Ferguson; Gregory (Elliott, 74)
Unused Subs: Thompson, Onyedinma, Martin, Morison, O’Brien
