John Eustace was disappointed his side were unable to see out their game against the Blues with Jack Clarke scoring the Blues’ equalising penalty deep in what the Derby manager felt was “world record” time added-on as the match ended 2-2.

Clarke’s spot-kick hit the net in the 16th minute of injury time with the game continuing for around another minute after that, 13 having been indicated on the fourth official’s board but with further stoppages following.

“Really happy with how we started the game,” Eustace said. “I thought for the first half an hour we were excellent. We really took the game to a top team and held our own.

“And then we conceded a really sloppy goal and Ipswich had some really good pressure for the last 10 minutes of the first half.

“We regrouped and in the second half we came out like we started the first. We were excellent, we scored two good goals and not to see the game out was really disappointing.

“It’s hard for me to comment on what I want to say, but to get 14/15 extra minutes, that might be a world record possibly for time added on.

“But what an effort from the group. For the last 10 minutes we were under the cosh, defended the box really well.

“Look at the talent they've brought off the bench and the way we matched them and defended.

“I thought we frustrated them really well this afternoon and I'm obviously very disappointed not to get the three points.”

Asked if referee Leigh Doughty explained why there was so much additional time, Eustace added: “I asked and he said ‘I was surprised’ because I think the fourth official, from what I can gather, was the one in charge. That’s what he said anyway. But then the fourth official told me it was the referee in charge of it, so who knows.

“It is what it is. I think the first game against Stoke we had 11 or 12 minutes added on. It’s important that we see the games out.

“Ultimately we’ve made an error in judgement for the penalty and that’s something we’ve got to learn from.”

Eustace was asked his thoughts on the penalty the Blues were denied when George Hirst was felled in the box, with the Scotland international booked to add insult to injury, and also the studs-up challenge by former Town loanee Lewis Travis, who was making his Rams debut, on the grounded Jens Cajuste, which looked worth of a red rather than a yellow card.

“I can’t remember the Hirst one,” Eustace responded. “I didn’t see Trav’s either. Listen, Trav’s a competitive player. I don’t know. I couldn’t comment on that. I’m sure Kieran will comment on it, but I won’t.”

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bignics added 10:02 - Aug 31 As others have said Derby are mostly to blame for the time added but there was 13 minutes added and I looked at the scoreboard when the penalty was awarded 12 minutes had been played it then took, as seems to be the case these days, 3/4 minutes to actually take the penalty. O’Shea asked the ref at the restart how long and he said 1 minute so the timing was about the only thing the ref got right!

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ArmaghBlue added 10:10 - Aug 31 I do feel for the Derby fans who have to watch that “football” week in, week out!
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Bazza8564 added 10:35 - Aug 31 The most laughable thing about of this is when their keeper needed treatment having not been involved for 10 minutes. Awful advert for football
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philpott2 added 10:37 - Aug 31 Seems they even outdid the time wasting of Chelsea last season, which took some doing!!
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barrystedmunds added 13:12 - Aug 31 “World record” added time because of “world record” spoiling tactics!
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Magic8 added 14:43 - Aug 31 Eustace.. you should be ashamed ...sending a team out to play like that. Continuous time wasting with feigned injuries and them complain when 13 minutes are added on..it took over 2 minutes for the game to restart after 90 ...and I've lost all respect for Travis who did a decent job for us when we got promoted from the Championship ..not only stamping on Cajuste but his behaviour when substituted was absolutely abhorrent and thankfully we had the last laugh as he was celebrating a win on the touchline...I hope you get relegated.

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Blue_Moses added 15:13 - Aug 31 I'm considering giving up watching football after this Derby performance
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Bert added 16:58 - Aug 31 Sending the last two subs on with an interval of 30 seconds added an extra minute so thanks Eustace for giving us more time for the penalty to be awarded. What a chump.
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JewellintheTown added 17:24 - Aug 31 We were disappointed not to see another penalty & Travis red carded, so extra time was the least of your worries. Hope he's got good medical staff with all those injuries to deal with. Like Rambo was on a rampage out there with Derby bodies dropping everywhere.
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JimmyP45 added 05:50 - Sep 1 Is this guy deluded. If 2 games this season there’s been a crazy amount of time added on, it’s because you have told them to fake injuries and play anti football wasting time at all costs
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Blue23 added 09:58 - Sep 1 I am not sure which is the bigger embarassment: That Derby managed to rack up 16 mins of injury time without their being a serious injury or other delay in the game. Or That the referee managed to issue an initial 13 mins of injury time without having booked anyone for time wasting. That ignoring a clear penalty and red card that Derby got away with too. Not the result we wanted but trending upwards. Appreciate we are nowhere near we want to be but try to stay positive.

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