DERBY 5-0 WOLVES
Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:11 pm
Rampant Derby have temporarily moved to the top of the Championship with an emphatic win over a lacklustre Wolves.
The Rams took the lead from Ryan Shotton's flicked header, before Jeff Hendrick's long-range shot fizzed past Wolves keeper Carl Ikeme from 25 yards.
Johnny Russell's low strike from 12 yards made it 3-0 going into half-time.
Hendrick added his second after some intricate play, before Russell completed the scoring with a neat finish from Craig Forsyth's cross.
The fourth win in six games saw Steve McClaren's side leapfrog Bournemouth at the top of the table.
Wolves, who slipped to a second straight league defeat for the first time this season, struggled to contain the Rams' forward line.
Derby's Real Madrid loanee Omar Mascarell threatened early on from set pieces and he provided the cross for Shotton to nod in past Ikeme on 16 minutes.
George Saville, who signed for Wolves in the summer, should have found the equaliser for Wolves in their best opening of the game. But the 21-year-old drilled over the bar after captain Sam Ricketts pulled the ball back from the by-line.
Poor defending from Wolves saw the hosts double their lead, with Hendrick latching on to a loose ball after a Cyrus Christie throw-in from mid-way inside the half to drill home from 25 yards.
Russell then scored his fourth goal of the season to make it 3-0 at the break. Wolves had failed to clear from an in-swinging corner, and the Scot ghosted in to drill into the corner.
Derby, last season's beaten play-off finalists, had lost their last two before the midweek win at home to Huddersfield, but were back to their best form in front of their biggest home crowd of the season.
Their fourth came thanks to some intricate work in the final third which ended with Will Hughes flicking the ball into the path of Hendrick, who kept his composure and placed his second of the game into the corner.
Leon Clarke was then denied a consolation for Kenny Jackett's side, as his deflected shot from 20 yards trickled onto the post.
That was as good as it got for the visitors, who went on to concede a fifth.
Russell was on hand to meet Forsyth's excellent cross from the touchline and place the ball into the roof of the net.
The Rams took the lead from Ryan Shotton's flicked header, before Jeff Hendrick's long-range shot fizzed past Wolves keeper Carl Ikeme from 25 yards.
Johnny Russell's low strike from 12 yards made it 3-0 going into half-time.
Hendrick added his second after some intricate play, before Russell completed the scoring with a neat finish from Craig Forsyth's cross.
The fourth win in six games saw Steve McClaren's side leapfrog Bournemouth at the top of the table.
Wolves, who slipped to a second straight league defeat for the first time this season, struggled to contain the Rams' forward line.
Derby's Real Madrid loanee Omar Mascarell threatened early on from set pieces and he provided the cross for Shotton to nod in past Ikeme on 16 minutes.
George Saville, who signed for Wolves in the summer, should have found the equaliser for Wolves in their best opening of the game. But the 21-year-old drilled over the bar after captain Sam Ricketts pulled the ball back from the by-line.
Poor defending from Wolves saw the hosts double their lead, with Hendrick latching on to a loose ball after a Cyrus Christie throw-in from mid-way inside the half to drill home from 25 yards.
Russell then scored his fourth goal of the season to make it 3-0 at the break. Wolves had failed to clear from an in-swinging corner, and the Scot ghosted in to drill into the corner.
Derby, last season's beaten play-off finalists, had lost their last two before the midweek win at home to Huddersfield, but were back to their best form in front of their biggest home crowd of the season.
Their fourth came thanks to some intricate work in the final third which ended with Will Hughes flicking the ball into the path of Hendrick, who kept his composure and placed his second of the game into the corner.
Leon Clarke was then denied a consolation for Kenny Jackett's side, as his deflected shot from 20 yards trickled onto the post.
That was as good as it got for the visitors, who went on to concede a fifth.
Russell was on hand to meet Forsyth's excellent cross from the touchline and place the ball into the roof of the net.
Re: DERBY 5-0 WOLVES
Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:14 pm
I did say I wouldnt have minded McClaren as manager before we hired Malky but after he went to forest I thought we had a lucky escape. Seems to be doing very well at Derby again
Re: DERBY 5-0 WOLVES
Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:21 pm
2blue2handle wrote:I did say I wouldnt have minded McClaren as manager before we hired Malky but after he went to forest I thought we had a lucky escape. Seems to be doing very well at Derby again
Yes he seems to be doing a very good job but I don't think he's the right man for our club
