John Eustace: Derby boss says no-one is getting ‘carried away’ after 5-0 win

Derby County manager John Eustace said “no-one is getting carried away” after his side thrashed Bristol City 5-0 for another impressive away victory.

The three points lifted the Rams into the top six ahead of the rest of the weekend’s Championship games.

“I’m delighted with the effort. We spoke about giving the front players more opportunities. For them all to score was great and Lars (Salvesen) getting his goal was good as well,” Eustace told BBC Radio Derby.

“It’s a shame Eamesy [Owen Eames] couldn’t get one on his Championship debut. There’s a lot of hard work ahead, for sure.

“Bristol are a really good footballing team and we knew they wanted to dominate possession, so it was important that we were clinical when we won the ball back.

“No-one’s getting carried away, the main thing is to get to 50 points – but the players are gelling and we’re getting that consistency. There are 16 huge games coming up.”

Eustace said he would “love” to bring one or two more players into the club before the transfer window closes on Monday evening.

“That would be fantastic, but they’ve got to be players who are going to improve us,” he added.

“We’ve got to make sure that when they walk through the door, the players sit up and really get a buzz from it. There’s nothing I can report on.”