Wayne Rooney’s last brush with an English derby did not go to plan. Hauled off after less than an hour by Sam Allardyce, he turned the air Everton blue as he steamed down the tunnel at Goodison Park.
Two years on, wearing Derby white in his first East Midlands duel, he pushed his legs through to the final whistle for the first time since football’s resumption. This time, he was able to exert some influence on the result.
Rooney’s free-kick caused the scramble which led to an equaliser against Nottingham Forest, bundled over the line by Chris Martin in the seventh minute of stoppage time.