Paul Warne's face said it all as he delivers verdict on 'raw' Derby County defeat at Luton Town
Paul Warne said he was proud of Derby County's second-performance but conceded Luton Town's late show at Kenilworth Road felt "pretty raw".
Derby had looked to be on course for a second away win of the season when Kayden Jackson's header had given them a deserved lead. Luton boss Rob Edwards then went for broke late in the second half and two stoppage-time goals turned the game on its head.
Worse still, both Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu and Carlton Morris's goals both came from huge deflections.
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Asked to summarise his emotions after the game, Warne said: "I am obviously pretty raw and I congratulate Rob and his team. That was the pain of football management but weirdly I was really proud of the performance against a really good team.
"In the end, we lose the game through randomness. They brought on some big names up front. The game just turned into a school match in the last five minutes, and unfortunately, what could go wrong did go wrong.
"They were two deflected goals, although Jacob made a great save in fairness. In the first half, it was up there with one of the worst games I've seen, but the second half was good.
"Three points might have flattered us, I don't know. A point didn't. It stings a lot. But it's Christmas. We'll get the lads in about 10 hours, tell a few jokes and we'll just go again. That's what football is. We can't cry about it. We'll see what we can learn. We weren't getting ripped apart, but we had to make changes when we did because of fatigue and potential injuries."
