After a particularly bad first-half showing from Mark Jackson’s side, they were somewhat fortunate to only be 1-0 down at the interval, trailing to David McGoldrick’s 21st goal of the season. Jamie Cumming made a string of top saves to deny the likes of Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Tom Barkhuizen and James Collins, who also hit the post in the opening 90 seconds.
Derby were made to rue those missed chances when Henry Lawrence fired in Nathan Holland’s 68th minute cross to level things up for Dons, who had to withstand a late barrage from the hosts, who also felt they should have had a couple of penalties for their efforts too.
Here’s how we rated the players.
9. Paris Maghoma - 6
Fought and battled hard, having to do a lot of the dirty work in the centre of the park to try and limit Derby Photo: Jane Russell
10. Jonathan Leko - 5.5
Didn't get much chance to stretch his legs as Dons struggled to get over the half-way line in the first-half before he was hooked for Conor Grant at the break Photo: Jane Russell
11. Nathan Holland - 4.5
Showed flashes of interest but didn't look up for the fight. That said, his cross provided Lawrence's equaliser Photo: Jane Russell
12. Mo Eisa - 5.5
Saw a couple of openings early on, but was too easily shrugged off by the Derby defence. Barely got the ball in the second-half before being substituted Photo: Jane Russell