Derby County’s Bradley Johnson, Jeff Hendrick and Lee Grant stepped up their comebacks from injury in a 4-1 behind-closed-doors friendly victory over Barnsley this afternoon.

The trio were joined by fellow first-teamers Chris Baird, Andreas Weimann, Abdoul Camara, Nick Blackman and Darren Bent in getting game time under their belts.

Grant played the entire 90 minutes while Johnson, Hendrick, Baird, Weimann, Camara, Blackman and Bent all played 45 minutes.

Johnson (knee), Hendrick (thigh) and Grant (groin) have all been out of action for the last month but made a timely return ahead of Derby’s upcoming Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Semi Finals against Hull City.

Blackman opened the scoring early on before Bent added two more in a blistering start to the game at the Training Centre, with Derby leading 3-0 at the break.

Youngster Alex Babos added the Rams’ fourth late on before the visitors pulled a goal back in the final minute.

Derby County – First Half: Grant, Baird, Rawson, Cover, Macdonald, Weimann, Johnson, Hendrick, Camara, Blackman, Bent

Derby County – Second Half: Grant, Santos, Rawson, Cover, Stabana, Gordon, Guy, Elsnik, Babos, L Thomas, Jakobsen







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