Derby post match reaction and highlights

Last updated : 22 September 2014 By Michael Morris

C:WindowsTempphpC863.tmpScott Young said: "Our directive was to take charge of the team today and I'm sure we will be having a conversation with the chairman and the owner pretty soon.

"We have the wheels in motion to prepare the team for Tuesday (Capital One Cup v Bournemouth) already and we will have a conversation and see where it takes us.

"We bounce off each other, we've known each other for a long, long time and played together many years ago so we are both on the same page which is the most important thing."

Danny Gabbidon admitted he felt a pang of disappointment after leading 2-0 but accepted the result was about right.

"I am kind of glad it's all over!" he said. "But we are both delighted with the result although a little bit disappointed after going two up in the second half.

"Maybe if you look at the game overall a draw was fair. We rode our luck a bit in the first half but we changed one or two things and I think we were the better side in the second and were disappointed not to hold on."

Derby head coach Steve McClaren praised his team's character at the end of a tough week.

He said: "You could probably have said at half-time there was only going to be one winner so to be two down five minutes into the second half, there was disbelief, I think on their bench as well.

"But then there was terrific character shown by the players to come back and we could and should have won it at the end. Again the players have shown great character and climbed a mountain.

"We looked at this week and thought it would be one of the toughest we would have in the Championship.

"There was the emotional roller-coaster at Nottingham (Forest) on Sunday and then how the players recovered and performed at Blackburn like they did was tremendous because I expected a backlash.

"I expected one today but we were excellent in the first half and we keep putting challenges there and the team keep coming up and dealing with them. The only disappointment is the result but we couldn't fault the performance."