Derby County 5-0 Wolves

Jeff Hendrick's double took him to five goals for the season

Rampant Derby 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 and Middlesbrough, who drew 0-0 at the Riverside Stadium.

Wolves, who slipped to a second straight league defeat for the first time this season, struggled to contain the Rams.

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.

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 midway 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's 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 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 as Russell placed the ball into the roof of the net.

Derby manager Steve McClaren:

"I don't often sit there and enjoy the full aspects of games but today I did.

"The team worked so hard even at 5-0 up and the key thing was the discipline they showed and looking a good team without the ball.

"It was a game we controlled by being a good team without the ball and that's what really pleased me.

"To do that to a very good team shows what this group is capable of doing. That was a complete performance."

Wolves manager Kenny Jackett:

"As a unit defensively we were poor today and that was the difference.

"The fact is we have played Ipswich away and Derby away this week and we've come up short in both games.

"I think they are a good yardstick, very good teams who have aspirations of trying to get into the Premier League and we have to make sure that when we come out again we are of the standard of these clubs.

"Derby were ruthless today and it's been a good lesson for us this week and one we have to learn and learn very quickly."

Like Hendrick, Johnny Russell also scored twice to move to five goals for the season

A minute's silence was observed for Remembrance weekend before kick-off

Russell missed out on a place in the Scotland squad for their games against Republic of Ireland and England this week