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Latest Derby County news from Derbyshire Live brings you coverage of the Rams' clash against Morecambe this afternoon.

Gnahoua drives into the final third and is given the opportunity to shoot which he takes. Knight zips onto a careless pass from the visitors and charges towards goal. We're on a good run but we've got to get back to it now after thre FA Cup tie on Monday. Mendez-Laing chases a lost cause and forces Rawson to concede a corner. Morecambe clear to the edge of the box but Smith's shot is blocked. Roberts picks the ball up in midfield and drives towards goal and is fouled by Simeu. He's okay though and GIbson is walking a tightrope. Wildsmith punches it, Gnahoua heads it back to goal, Cashin clears and it ends with Mayor striking well wide. The Derby keeper apologises to his team-mates. Ripley saves and Collins just can't get there ahead of a defender who concedes a corner. It was late and the winger slaps the ground as he goes down. McGoldrick and Hourihane both over it.

Derby County's impressive Sky Bet League One form continued with a thumping 5-0 victory over Morecambe on Saturday afternoon.

There was 20 minutes still to play at this point and the Rams were showing no signs of taking their foot off of the gas. Haydon Roberts did brilliantly down the left and his low cross evaded everyone apart from Mendez-Laing who was waiting at the back post. There was absolutely no doubt about who was going to step up for the penalty and Collins threw the ball straight to McGoldrick who was eagerly awaiting the ball on the spot.

David McGoldrick scored his third hat-trick of the season as his ruthless treble helped Derby County thrash Morecambe 5-0 at Pride Park.

But this was the on-loan Everton winger's best performance in a Derby shirt this season. The only thing missing from such a blistering demonstration of wing play was the goal his performance deserved. Have your say in the comments section. The deadline day addition looks like a very shrewd move indeed. The result was a breathless performance of attacking football that could have yielded more than the five goals with which Derby ended the game. But what was most impressive was his awareness. It was no more than Derby deserved for a dominant display that keeps Warne's side firmly in the automatic promotion chase. What was so impressive, however, was the way this Derby team smelled blood. And then immediately after the restart, the former Sheffield United striker made it 2-0 when he lashed in on the half-volley after good work by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing. The quest for automatic promotion is game on. First impressions count for a lot and White certainly showed us why Spurs are excited about his potential. He was on the pitch for 30 minutes and almost crowned a sizzling cameo with a goal only for Korey Smith to block his volley which looked destined to find the back of the net.

Derby County took on Morecambe in League One on Saturday, and won very comfortably in what finished 5-0. Irish...

[been in the headlines](https://punditarena.com/football/rudi-kinsella/jason-knight-transfer-news-derby/) much over the past few months. The win leaves Derby County in fourth place in League One, after they were relegated from the Championship last season after a hefty points deduction. [League One](https://twitter.com/dcfcofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) on Saturday, and won very comfortably in a game that finished 5-0.

Morecambe boss Derek Adams made two changes from the side that beat Bristol Rovers with Adam Mayor and Arthur Gnahoua coming into the side in place of Michael ...

Donald Love failed to cut out a Conor Hourihane cross field pass and the ball ended up with Mendez-Laing who crossed for McGoldrick to volley home from close range.McGoldrick sealed a six minute hat-trick from the spot after Simeu brought down James Collins with a clumsy challenge and the striker hammered the ball past Ripley.Ripley denied McGoldrick a fourth with a fine save but the Rams made it 4-0 on 56 minutes when James Collins smashed home after Farrend Rawson had brought down McGoldrick.Derby completed the scoring three minutes later when the unchallenged Craig Forsyth found Jason Knight who turned superbly before beating the helpless Ripley.From there the rampant home side created a number of chances with substitute Harvey White being denied a goal when his goalbound effort was blocked by his team mate Korey Smith.Ripley went on to make a number of excellent saves to keep the score to five on a day to forget for the Shrimps. [David McGoldrick](/topic/david-mcgoldrick), gave promotion chasing Derby a 5-0 win with the Shrimps once again producing a poor performance away from the Mazuma Stadium. After the Shrimps had given the ball away cheaply Dynel Simeu gave away a cheap set piece on the edge of the area and McGoldrick curled a well struck effort past Ripley.The Rams added to the Shrimps' woes when they doubled their advantage three minutes into the second half.