Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder says an underfire Paul Warne "deserves support" and feels his players are giving their all for Derby County's head coach.

United maintained the pressure on league leaders Leeds who won 7-0 against Cardiff with a 1-0 victory at Pride Park courtesy of a Ben Brereton Diaz goal in the second half.

Warne was subjected to chants about his football and there were boos at the final whistle as Derby suffered a seventh straight league defeat.

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Injuries have hit Derby hard in recent weeks which led to three academy players being named among the substitutes.

And Wilder said that having watched Derby's recent performances, he felt they could have yielded greater reward.

“It was a tough afternoon," he said. "What I will say is when you're a manager you want to see your players play for the club, play for the manager and give it a right go and I thought all the Derby players did for Paul.

“Obviously it’s a difficult period for Derby and Paul. We’ve watched the games and they could quite easily have got a result against Sunderland, could have got a result in two or three other of their games as well.

“They could have got a result today because they gave everything for their manager. They’ve lost their best player, and are looking to bring players in and they’re incredibly stretched.

"If you look at their bench it was pretty similar to ours in terms of when we were stretched. Paul is a good guy and he deserves the support. It’s not my gig but that’s my view from externally."

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