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A soft goal and golden chances missed – Derby slip against promotion chasers again Sometimes the written word alone is not enough to adequately express frustration. Take the ‘enraged face’ emoji which accompanied the Derby County tweet when Patrick Agyemang’s 94th-minute effort stru...

❌"Morris, Szmodics and Agyemang, there are seldom better players to find an equaliser. Yet all three failed to trouble Anthony Patterson in the Millwall net.

Read my analysis following #DCFC's 🐏defeat at #Millwall 🦁 below. 👇

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FT: 🦁 #Millwall 1-0 #DCFC 🐏

Despite a second half full of attacking intent, the ball just would not cross the line for Derby.

Szmodics, Morris and Agyemang all put big chances wide before the latter agonisingly hit the post in stoppage time.

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90+4’ Murkin drifts inside and slips a reverse ball into Agyemang, whose first-time shot hits the post.

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90+1’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Goalscorer Josh Coburn makes way for Derek Mazou-Sacko as we enter five added minutes.

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90+1’ Clark plays a one-two with Ward down the right and crosses for Agyemang, whose heads the ball on for Morris.

The number nine can only head wide from a glorious position though.

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89’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Billy Mitchell and Femi Azeez make way for Will Smallbone and Tom Watson.

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86’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Vickers limps off and is replaced by Richard O’Donnell.

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85’ Murkin makes an outstanding surging run down the left to the byline.

But Szmodics cannot get the cutback under control as The Rams call for a handball.

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84’ SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Oscar Fraulo replaces Lewis Travis.

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82’ Travis lumps the ball forward and Crama heads it straight into the path of Agyemang, who finds Szmodics.

But the Ipswich loanee drills his shot from a tight angle on the right across goal and wide.

That was the big chance Derby needed.

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80’ Another pause in proceedings with Murkin now down with a problem.

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75’ Derby are having their best period of the game, throwing men forward and playing with real intent. That golden chance is still elusive, though.

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73’ SUBSTITUTIONS 🔄 Macaulay Langstaff and Luke Cundle replace Mihailo Ivanović and Barry Bannan.

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71’ Banel takes a good touch to control Murkin’s ball as Derby have five in the box. But the Dutchman blazes his shot high and wide.

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69’ Agyemang does sensationally to hold off Crama as he turns and brings down Szmodics channel ball.

Now one-on-one, the American can only drag his shot wide. Derby’s best chance of the night.

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64’ Neghli crosses to the front post for Ivanović, who heads into Vickers’ hands.

Millwall come again and Neghli’s rabona cross is flicked on by the Serbian before Azeez slices the shot wide.

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61’ 🟨 Morris’ first act is to earn a booking for simulation.

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60’ SUBSTITUTIONS 🔄 Carlton Morris and Jaydon Banel replace Rhian Brewster and Ben Brereton Díaz.

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59’ Agyemang finds space down the left before Clark plays a one-two with Travis, who shoots wide from 20 yards.

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58’ 🟨 Sanderson is next in the book for fouling Coburn from behind.

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55’ 🟨 Bobby Clark is booked for a sliding foul on Coburn.
Azeez hits the central free kick from 30-yards-out into the wall before Millwall come again and Ivanović heads wide.

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51’ Millwall having a good spell. Clarke makes a great block to stop Sturge’s cross finding Ivanović.

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46’ Back underway at The Den. Millwall kick off.

SUBSTITUTION 🔄 Bobby Clark replaces David Ozoh.

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Derby average position map in first half v Millwall. Via SofaScore.

Interesting to note how much higher Travis (27) has tended to be than Szmodics (19).

The latter clearly struggling to get on the ball and influence the game.

Travis dragged high and left in part due to trying to contain Azeez.

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💭 Some thoughts at the break:

7️⃣ Agyemang not looking 100% after knock.

5️⃣ Clarke excellent in the air.

🔗 Need more of a link from defence to attack (Clark on please John).

🛫 Could be a good game for Morris (aerial def. and hold up, flick ons etc to bring wide men into play)

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HT: 🦁 #Millwall 1-0 #DCFC 🐏

After Agyemang’s header was cleared off the line by Azeez, the winger has been Millwall’s brightest spark.

With Clarke imperious in the air, Derby repelled countless crosses until Bannan’s free-kick was kept alive and headed in by Coburn.

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45’ Coburn drives inside after being released down the left and drives a low shot goalwards from 18 yards.

Vickers gets down to his right to push it behind for corner number four.

We’re into five added minutes.

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43’ Goal. Josh Coburn scores.

After Brewster fouled McNamara, Bannan launches a free kick to the back post, which is met by Cooper.

Crama keeps it alive by heading back across the box, where Coburn glances the ball in.

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40’ Millwall spring forward from kick off and Azeez takes one touch before launching an inch-perfect cross for Coburn in the middle of the box, who cannot keep it down.

A cross akin to Brewster at Birmingham, that.

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40’ Ward can continue for now – appeared to be a shoulder problem. Meanwhile Sam Szmodics is now sporting a nameless blood-shirt.

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