Eustace praises Derby's 'fantastic attitude' in Boro loss

Derby County head coach John Eustace says he was pleased with his side's attitude in their 1-0 loss at Middlesbrough.

The defeat saw the Rams drop to the bottom of the Championship having not won in 12 matches.

It is their worst winless run since their disastrous Premier League campaign of 2007-08 when they went 36 games without a win from September 2007 until August the following year.

"I'm very disappointed. I felt, second half, Middlesbrough didn't cause us any problems, and the manner we conceded the goal wasn't good enough," he told BBC Radio Derby.

"It's tough job, it is what it is, but I'm here to help, I'm here to progress the club.

"I thought, first half, we had a couple of real good chances on the break and our final pass wasn't good enough.

"It's stuff that we've been working on in the last couple of weeks, so that will come, that will keep improving.

"I was really pleased with the group again, the attitude was fantastic and just very disappointed that we lost."