Derby County, who had lost their last three matches to drop out of the top six Championship promotion places, returned to the play-off race when they came from benind to defeat second place Cardiff City by three goals to one at Pride Park on Tuesday evening. ‘Rams’ captain Richard Keogh retained his starting role while Alex Pearce was a very late substitiute and Anthony Pilkington was a seventy fourth minute substitute for the visiting ‘Bluebirds’.