Derby County’s Under 18s concluded their Premier League Merit Group 2 campaign with a 3-3 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.

In a game full of chances, the fixture saw the goals split evenly into each half and Jayden Bogle got the first after rising highest to head home in the 13th minute.Towards the end of the first half, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson added to the Rams’ tally but just before the break, Spurs hit back through Jack Roles to reduce the deficit.Almost immediately after the interval, Cameron Cresswell restored the Rams’ two-goal lead but goals courtesy of Paris Maghoma and Kazaiah Sterling late on forced Derby to settle for a point.The result was maybe harsh given Justin Walker’s and Rory Delap’s men dominated larger spells of proceedings.They started brightly too. Connor Dixon attempted to break deadlock first on six minutes but was denied at point-blank range by Spurs ‘keeper Jonathan De Bie.The goal came shortly after following strong attacking play from the Rams and Bogle managed to put his side ahead after rising highest at the back post to head home Jack Haywood’s superb corner kick delivery.In total control, Derby continued to go about their business with purpose and on 22 minutes, goalscorer Bogle almost turned provider after his ball over the top to Cresswell resulted in another spectacular point-blank save from De Bie.Little happened after that, up until the 41st minute where Derby extended their lead to two after an initial shot from Dixon inside the box was only pushed as far as Mitchell-Lawson, who struck the ball with his first shot to find the back of the net.It looked set to be the perfect first half performance for Walker’s and Delap’s side, but on 44 minutes against the run of play, Roles struck from 20-yards to half the deficit ahead of the second-half.But on 51 minutes, Cresswell responded in the perfect way on behalf of his team after he made it onto the end of intelligent through ball to poke the pass through De Bie’s legs inside the area.It was never going to be that easy for Derby, though, and the final half-an-hour of play saw a Spurs side who had won four of their last five games hit back with a vengeance.And their comeback began on 65 minutes, when substitute Maghoma converted an emphatic 20-yard strike from a free-kick situation.The game was blown wide open, once again, and Tottenham needed no further motivation as they nearly found an equaliser through a succession of chances just four minutes after reducing the deficit to one.Spurs’ leading man Sterling took aim first, but a clearance off the line from Bogle saw Derby hang on. The ball then fell to the previous goalscorer Maghoma, but he could only direct it onto the post and out of play.Looking to relieve the intense pressure, Derby sought to get the ball forward and their game management almost prevailed.However, on 83 minutes, Sterling found himself through on goal again and this time, he needed no second invitation to slot the ball past Matt Yates and salvage a point for his travelling side.Yates, Bogle, Taylor, Haywood, Bateman (C), Rashid, Mitchell-Lawson, Dixon, Creswell, Thomas, WhittakerDavie, Fryatt, Jibodu, Carter-Thompson, WiseDe Bie, Lock, Tsaroulla, Marsh (C), Omolabi, Tanganga, Bowden, Roles, Sterling, Reynolds, BennettsLyons-Foster, Freeman, Maghoma, ClarkeTweets by @ dcfcofficial