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When Tyrone Mings suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the opening game of last season, nobody needed to tell him that it would be a long road back. Unfortunately, the Aston Villa and England defender has experienced it before. It was not pretty.

Derby ended a run of six games without a win in emphatic style as a dominant first-half display helped them to a 4-0 win over Portsmouth, to take them seven points above their opponents and the drop zone.