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Kenny Burns

Derby County captain Richard Keogh slammed by Nottingham Forest legend over penalty reaction

The play-offs are the most exciting time of the season in the Championship.

At the moment, it looks like being a Leeds v Aston Villa final, based on what we saw in the first leg.

I can still see West Brom coming back against Villa, but I wouldn't give Derby County much of a chance against Leeds.

They've already beaten Derby three times this season and they were much the better team in the first leg.

Dwight Gayle's dive against Nottingham Forest proves extra costly for West Brom striker 

Derby fans will point to the penalty decision which was given and then reversed.

You've seen them given and seen them not given.  It has that controversy because the linesman got involved, but you just have to get on with it.

You had Richard Keogh in there going crazy. His eyes are bulging out of his head over the decision.

He should've been booked the way he was behaving.

Richard Keogh clashes with Liam Cooper during the Sky Bet Championship Play-off semi final first leg match between Derby County and Leeds United (Getty)

Tom Huddlestone was lucky too, for leading with his elbow in a challenge and not getting sent off.

To me, Leeds have got a better squad. They were missing important players for the first leg but still looked to be in charge for most of the game.

Their biggest problem is that they seem to need a lot of chances to get goals.

In the other game, Dwight Gayle was sent-off for West Brom. Perhaps he was unlucky, but he's known to Nottingham Forest fans as a cheat.

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Perhaps he got his comeuppance. He's dived against Forest in February to win a penalty, which was scored late in the game.

People will probably say I was a cheat, but I think I was honest when I played.

Yes, I was tough and fouled people, but I wouldn't say I was a cheat.

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