{"id":375847,"date":"2026-01-17T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375847\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:14:08","slug":"john-eustace-issues-derby-county-verdict-and-reveals-what-they-did-to-a-tee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375847\/","title":{"rendered":"John Eustace issues Derby County verdict and reveals what ‘they did to a tee’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latest Derby County news from DerbyshireLive brings you what the Rams head coach had to say<\/p>\n

18:00, 17 Jan 2026Updated 18:04, 17 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

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David Ozoh of Derby County is challenged by Ali McCann of Preston North End during the Sky Bet Championship match between Preston North End and Derby County at Deepdale(Image: )<\/p>\n

John Eustace hailed an “excellent” Derby County<\/a> performance as they secured a 1-0 win at Preston. Patrick Agyemang popped up with the winner with eight minutes remaining when he headed beyond Jack Walton after a cross from Ben Brereton Diaz.<\/a><\/p>\n

It was the least Derby deserved following a solid away performance with Jacob Widell Zetterstrom only tested on one occasion.<\/a><\/p>\n

And asked for his assessment of the game, Eustace said: “I thought it was an excellent performance.<\/p>\n

“We took the game to a really good team from the first minute, and we fully deserved the three points.<\/p>\n

“I was very proud of the effort from the group.<\/p>\n

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“We went toe to toe with a very physical team on a difficult pitch and we asked some players to do something that is maybe not in their nature, but they stood up and they did it to the tee.<\/p>\n

“In the end, I’m disappointed that we didn’t score more goals, but obviously over the moon that we won the game.”<\/p>\n

Derby created the better chances before they took the lead with Agyemang missing a sitter while Rhian Brewster was also denied when put clean through.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he felt it could be one of those days before Agyemang scored the winner, Eustace said: “Absolutely.<\/p>\n

“As long as we didn’t lose the game, that would have been very harsh on us.<\/p>\n

“But sometimes if you don’t put the chances away and you keep a clean sheet, it’s a good away performance.<\/p>\n

“But Patrick has popped up with the winner and it was fully deserved I felt.”<\/p>\n

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