Ravel Morrison issues plea to officials after Derby County’s 1-0 loss at Cardiff City

Derby County were left frustrated by some refereeing decisions in their 1-0 defeat to Cardiff City on Tuesday evening.

The Rams will feel aggrieved that a foul was not given on Festy Ebosele in the build-up to Uche Ikpeazu’s late winner for the Bluebirds.

Wayne Rooney’s men did look the more likely for extended periods in South Wales, pushing for a victory that would have cut the gap to Reading in 21st place to five points.

The loss means that the weekend’s hosting of Barnsley becomes even more significant with the Tykes’ mini resurgence taking them into 22nd place on Saturday.

Ravel Morrison played the full match against Cardiff and will have been frustrated not to have given the Rams the lead when his nicely timed header, from a quality ball in from Ebosele, was palmed onto the post by Alex Smithies’ reflex action.

The 29-year-old took to Instagram to provide his reaction to the officiating display.

He wrote: “Give us something.

“Some crazy decisions over the last few weeks.”

After the Rams beat Hull City 3-1 on 8th February, they looked to be the team in the ascendency having reduced the gap to safety to just four points.

However, with Reading picking up some vital wins and Barnsley emerging as survival candidates, four defeats from five now has Derby staring down the barrel of relegation to League One if they are unable to yield a positive result against the Tykes on Saturday.

The Verdict

Barnsley look a different side to the one that we saw turn out poor performances consistently under both Markus Schopp and Poya Asbaghi.

That said, Derby’s record at Pride Park has been very good and their best performances have come at the bleakest points of the season, Tom Lawrence’s return from suspension should also give them a