Derby slice Wolves Championship lead with Birmingham win... while Chris Coleman's Sunderland stay bottom after four-goal demolition at Cardiff

Daily Mail | January 13, 2018

Derby cut Wolves' lead at the top of the Championship to 10 points after winning 3-0 at Birmingham.

The Rams moved back into the second with the victory at St Andrews' after Wolves were held by Barnsley.

Johnny Russell put Derby 1-0 up in the 19th minute against Rams boss Gary Rowett's former club, Matej Vydra added a second in the 56th and Andreas Weimann rounded off the scoring in the 89th minute.

Andreas Weimann secured a 3-0 win for Derby at Birmingham with his late goal

Johnny Russell's opener set the Rams on their way to cutting Wolves' Championship lead

Matej Vydra scored their second as they moved back into second and 10 points behind Wolves

Rowett's side had been pushed into third by Cardiff, whose four-match losing streak in the league came to an end as they thrashed rock-bottom Sunderland 4-0 at home in the lunchtime kick-off.