Derby County’s Dave Nugent has told the club website that he was delighted when he was able to respond to Nottingham Forest’s taunts with a goal.

On Sunday it was one of the most intense games in the Sky Bet Championship calendar as Derby took on Nottingham Forest in the East Midlands derby. And while players will usually get plenty of stick from the opposition fans during these games, Nugent got more than the rest. He is a former Leicester City player and so got plenty of abuse for that, mostly chants of ‘Leicester reject’.

During the game, Nugent was happy to taunt the Forest fans back by reminding them of the scoreline, which was 1-0 after a very early goal from Matej Vydra. But that wasn’t enough for Nugent as he was able to score the second goal of the game and made sure the Rams got a big win over their big rivals.

He said: “When the second goal goes in, you know you have all but killed the game off, but you have still got to keep your concentration and see the match out.

“I got a bit of stick from their fans during the game – being a Leicester reject – but it’s nice to score a goal and get the bragging rights at the end.”

“It’s vital to keep winning at home because the draws away from home were tough, Brentford are no mugs; they pass the ball really well, whilst Cardiff were really physical,”

“We said after the game that we should have won that game at Cardiff so after that it was vital that we got back to winning ways and move above Forest.”

“We’re looking forward to these games that we have got coming up. And we know that if we keep playing like that, starting like that, and playing with the momentum and aggression that we did today then we will go far in this division.”