This was not the managerial audition Wayne Rooney had hoped for. Liam Rosenior, one of four coaches tasked with taking charge of Derby following the departure of Phillip Cocu, geed Derby from the touchline and Rooney, as captain, was the on-field mouthpiece of an interim coaching team but they came unstuck when Famara Diédhiou fired in a late winner. At the end of a turbulent week in which much of the discourse was dominated by the prospect of a big name taking his first steps on the managerial ladder, a Bristol City team led by Dean Holden, an unfashionable appointment by his own admission, made a mockery of the need for such status.
Diédhiou’s winner hoists Bristol City to third while Derby, who have won one of their 12 league matches, remain rooted to the bottom of the Championship.