Wayne Rooney claims Derby should have had three penalties in draw with Coventry

Frustrated Derby manager Wayne Rooney claimed his team should have had three penalties after they were held 1-1 by Coventry at Pride Park.

Rooney insisted referee Darren Bond should have awarded two other spot kicks in addition to the one dispatched by Tom Lawrence to rescue a point for the Rams.

Derby had gone behind to a superb goal from Matt Godden in the 28th minute after he played a one-two with Callum O’Hare before firing low past Ryan Allsop.

But Derby kept pressing and in the 66th minute, Lawrence was tripped by Ben Sheaf inside the area and the Wales international smashed the penalty past Simon Moore into the top right corner.

Coventry had a great chance to regain the lead three minutes later when Viktor Gyokeres broke away but he fired high over the bar.

They had another excellent chance in the 81st minute when Godden sent Gyokeres through on goal but his low shot struck Allsop.

Lawrence saw a 25 yard free kick clawed behind by Moore who turned another free kick, this time from Malcolm Ebiowei, over but was beaten when a Louie Sibley header struck the inside of a post and bounced to safety.

Rooney said: “I thought the performance was very good, we certainly deserved a point, probably three but I think it’s a big important point for us.

“I think the referee had to give us one penalty out of the three we should have had. I told the referee after the game ‘that’s not good enough’, the one on Lee Buchanan is a clear penalty.

“The referee might walk in off the pitch and think ‘I’ve done a good job, I’ve given a penalty which was a penalty’ but, actually, there are two clear penalties which he’s missed.

“It’s frustrating. We got emails back yesterday (about decisions at Cardiff and Bournemouth) and apparently Festy