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Derby boss John Eustace reacts to toy snakes waved at him and chants from Blackburn fans

Derby County boss John Eustace reacts to toy snakes waved at him and chants from Blackburn Rovers fans at the weekend.

Over 3,100 Blackburn supporters packed out the away end to the game, but with Eustace up against his former side, who left the playoff chasing side for a relegation battle with the Rams.

The snakes symbolised the fans’ feelings of betrayal. But it was Eustace who had the last laugh on Saturday as Derby ended a 12-match winless run, giving Derby a boost in their hopes of getting out of the drop zone, while also denting Blackburn’s playoff chances.

When Eustace spoke after picking up his first win as Derby boss, saying that argued the day “was not about me”, and added he oidn’t take the fan display personally.

“I certainly wasn’t insulted,” he said to BBC Sport. “I 100% have a lot of time and respect for the football club.

“The fans were really good to me when I was there. My main focus is Derby County and I’d like Blackburn to get promoted – the group of player there are fantastic, the staff behind the scenes really care about the football club as well.

“They have an opportunity to get into the top six where I left them and good luck to them.”

It was Derby’s first win since late December, climbing off the bottom of the Championship table and to within four points of safety.

“My job now is to keep Derby in the league, but also to build Derby County over the next three or four years in the right way,” he said.

“I don’t look at the table, I take each game as it comes. If you start looking at the table and teams you are going to play against and how many points you need, you are in trouble.

“The most important thing now is the next game, which is Coventry and let’s see where that takes us.”

“We haven’t scored enough goals, but its nice to score a couple today,” Eustace added.

“The most pleasing thing is you could see the effort of the group. It’s not easy to put the ball in the net.

“We need people to step up and to be the man, and I thought Fozzy at 36 was outstanding today.

“He is an ex-team-mate of mine and I was really pleased for him, his all-round performance was excellent. And Ebou, it was a fantastic poacher’s goal as well, his effort today with and without the ball was fantastic, and he really typifies what this group is all about.”

Blackburn Rovers head coach Valerien Ismael said to BBC Radio Lancashire: “I think the players are really disappointed about the result, they wanted it and maybe too much. 

“We lost the game in the first seven minutes. We knew exactly what we would face, everything was set and I think that the first seven minutes was very difficult to manage.

“We had an injury (to Augustus Kargbo) and after that we changed the shape. It was much better, we had more control and had great chances, with Yuki to come back into the game earlier, and the goal from Pape [Gueye] after that gave us that momentum for the second half

“But the second half we were under control, it is clear, but Derby for sure played the game to waste time, to slow down the process, which is normal.

“But we were not very dangerous and I expected more crosses, more penetration, more shots on target and that is something we need to work on and learn from to do better next time.”

Twitter users gave their thoughts as Derby boss John Eustace reacts to toy snakes waved at him and chants from Blackburn fans…

@jensonbailey4: 2-1 on your big day out !! 🐏🤣

@StefanBroome: Hope you enjoyed seeing a proper fanbase on your big day out, thank for John and the +3 🤝🏼🐏

@Andy13946802: Absolutely pathetic. Shows why Eustace couldn’t wait to leave- quality players replaced with cheap options, and now we have a bargain basement manager and coaching staff. Lost every battle on the pitch and looked bereft of ideas all game

@ScottGretton: That is why Eustace come to us. We backed our team, you lot only turned up to abuse your former manager.

@j_marsh98: Load of shit. Play offs are done. Eustace and Derby are gonna be pissing themselves after that. Embarrassing.

@AdKempy: Hahahahaha take your cup final snakes and fuck off home you cringey shit club 😂 #brfc #dcfc #dcfcfans

@JD02___: Cheers lads, now stop trying to force a rivalry and let us get relegated in peace x #dcfc

@Bensonsleftfoot: 2-1 on your big day out but at least you got to show Eustace blow up snakes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@vydraking: Eustace barmy army thanks for the 3 points wish we could play you everyweek

@georgedcfc18: HOLD THAT, PRICKS

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