Rams give their all, but Leeds 'magic' won it - Warne

Boss Paul Warne spoke to BBC Radio Derby after his Derby County side were narrowly beaten by Championship leaders Leeds United at Pride Park.

"In the first 10 minutes we showed them too much respect, really - even with throw-ins we weren't getting tight enough," said Warne.

"But after that I thought we were really good – as good as we can be in the nicest possible sense.

"The lads gave everything they could. We made changes second half because you could see some fatigue because that is two massive efforts, with two big home games [against West Brom and Leeds] and I can't criticise the lads' efforts.

"I thought second half we were quite good, it felt like we were the team that might get a goal on a breakaway or a set-piece.

"They then obviously made changes and I hate to admit it, but their goal was a very well-worked goal. It probably took something magical to win this game, and unfortunately it wasn't our players that did that."