Emmanuel Petit grabbed a late winner for 10-man Chelsea to keep the Blues Champions League hopes alive and send Derby plunging towards the Nationwide League.

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Arsenal are two points clear at the top of the Premiership after beating Derby 1-0 at Highbury.

Branco Strupar ended months of injury misery by scoring the vital second goal in Derby's 3-0 win at Leicester.

Derby County are set to sign goalkeeper Patrick Foletti from Swiss club Lucerne on a free transfer.

Niall Quinn's winner will hardly win goal of the season, but it could prove to be the goal of Peter Reid's season.

Derby have agreed a deal to bring former Spanish international goalkeeper Toni Jimenez to Pride Park until the end of the season.

Alex Ferguson hopes Paul Scholes' strike in Manchester United's 5-0 thumping of Derby will launch him on a goalscoring run.

Despite a stirring battlecry, Ferguson still left David Beckham on the bench for United's biggest win of the season against Derby tonight.

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