Warne explains comments after Leeds defeat

Derby County head coach Paul Warne has explained his comments following his side's 2-0 defeat at Leeds United on Saturday.

Goals from Joe Rodon and Max Wober saw the Rams go into half-time two goals down and Warne took criticism from some sections of the Rams faithful for admitting he had told his team not to go out and attack in the second half.

"Of course I understand [the criticism] - if I've paid for a ticket, I want my team to go for it guns a-blazing," Warne told BBC Radio Derby.

Warne's side have now lost their past three league games, and are on a run of five without a win before Tuesday's clash at high-flying Burnley, with the 51-year-old admitting he had wanted to limit the damage a heavy defeat may have caused.

"I am probably more honest than the average manager, and what I said to them at half-time was do not concede the next goal," he said.

"For 20 minutes, they're going to come at you just like they did in the first half, you're just going to have to weather the storm.

"Unfortunately, the only real thing that we created was a good chance off a set-piece.

"If Kane [Wilson] had scored it, it would have gone 2-1 with 15, 20 minutes to go, and the game plan would have looked great."