Here are my thoughts.
You are all probably wondering why I'm not happy with one point earned in an away game against 'promotion contenders' Derby?
The answer is simple, we didn't go for all three points as we should.
We played a pretty good first half. The only thing I was unhappy with was our sloppiness in the final third. Too many hopeless shots from outside the box instead of feeding Borja with key-passes and crosses.
In the second half, instead of keeping poossession, insisting on passing patterns and good pressing, which Derby couldn't cope with, we started playing kick & rush football. Have you ever seen Manchester City control the game and play beautiful passing football in the first half and then play kick & rush football in the second half? I haven't. Why? Because kick & rush football suits lesser teams. Physically stronger and technically inferior teams profit from kaos, set pieces and crosses. Pep knows that, and Cooper should know that as well.
By giving possession away and by being stupidly dispossessed, we allowed Derby to attack our box time after time. We simply must not do that in future. I'd rather we played like we did against Norwich in the second game against them last seson and lost 1:0, then played kick & rush football and 'earned' one point. The former would give me hope, the latter worries me. I don't want our goalkeeper to be MOTM.