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Pre match mood : To be honest I was dreading it. I was expectiing a limo wreck of a game....Derby scoring first and then City panicking and chasing the game
Prediction : 1-1
First half : Very sound. Fairly solid at the back, never really troubled. It was good to see Bothroyd up for it for a change. He was chasing down defenders, applying pressure from the off
Second half : The goals just kept coming. Nobody there Tuesday night would've expected to see City score six in light of their recent performances. Just a shame Bothroyd couldn't get himself on the scoresheet.
Thumbs Up : A good game from McPhail. He got stuck in, broke up play and turned provider for Chopra.
Thumbs Down : Letting Rob Hulse score. It was a soft goal in reply and caught City's defence napping at the start the second half. In light of the fact that Derby were so poor, they shouldn't have scored it at all.
Crowd highlight(s) : Mostly the banter aimed at Robbie 'Lily' Savage.
Man of the Match : Has to be Chopra. You can't deny a MOM to a player who puts away 4 goals with clinical ease.
CCFC Verdict : A good night out. Six goals to the good and a drubbing that I wished I'd put a bet on.
Visitors Verdict : Very poor. Hapless up front, created little, Robbie Savage was awful....spent much of the 90 minutes just shuffling the ball from side to side. Simply had a bad night. Wrong time, wrong place.
