Derby boss Eustace reacts to defeat by Birmingham

Derby County head coach John Eustace spoke BBC Radio Derby following Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Birmingham City. "It was a game we certainly didn't deserve to lose. They were two real soft goals and when you concede goals like that you are not going to be on the right end of the results that you want," he said. "The effort was amazing again today, I thought we played some really exciting stuff and it was great to see the new players impact the game as well, so we are really disappointed to lose. "The lads have been as good as they can, they have been working as hard as they can. We are obviously missing the player of the year from last year [Matt Clarke], who is a quality centre-half, and we haven't been able to have a structured starting XI and the back four are chopping and changing a lot. Until we get a stable team and stable back four we are always probably going to get issues. On Henrik Meister injury: "He's not well. It's a big blow when you come off after 50 minutes after playing well. He's having his concussion protocols so we'll just have to see how he is. I was speaking to him and he seems ok." Latest Derby County news, analysis and fan views