Patrick's off mark for Rams to peg back Still's Saints

PATRICK AGYEMANG scored his first goal for Derby County as they held Southampton.

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The American struck when he headed in Andi Weimann's cross in the first half as he finally opened his account following his £5.9million switch from Charlotte FC in the summer.

That goal cancelled out Adam Armstrong's early opener for Will Still's side when he bundled his way through the Derby defence to slot past Jacob Widell Zetterstrom.

After that early setback, Derby's response was almost immediate when Carlton Morris found Bobby Clark, who prodded the ball into Weimann.

He was denied by Alex McCarthy, who flung up a hand to beat his effort away.

The ball came back to Morris, whose first-time strike whistled past the upright.

Derby boss John Eustace said: “I thought it was a great game of football between two good teams.