Nottingham Forest’s push for a place in the Championship play-offs was boosted by a dominant second-half display illuminated by goals from Lewis Grabban and Brennan Johnson but the only way Derby County will be going down is with a fight.
Tom Lawrence’s late penalty gave Wayne Rooney’s team a whiff of yet another comeback before Ravel Morrison’s stoppage-time dismissal for a lunge on Philip Zinckernagel sparked one melee and the final whistle another, for which the former Manchester United player saw fit to come back on to the field to join in.
