‘Keep it up’, ‘Magician’ – Many Derby County fans react to 27-year-old’s international performance

Wales dusted off the cobwebs and picked up a 1-0 win in a friendly over Mexico on Saturday evening.

Kieffer Moore’s goal separated the two sides, on a night where Tom Lawrence made a return to international action.

It has been a frustrating campaign for Lawrence, who has spent a majority of the season unavailable through an ankle injury.

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Lawrence missed nearly three months of the season, but has made two substitute cameos against Brentford and Stoke City of late.

On Saturday night, Lawrence started on the left-hand side of midfielder, lasting 65 minutes before being replaced by Liverpool’s Neco Williams.

For Lawrence, it would have been a relief to get back amongst the grass on international duty, as he looks to get back up to full match fitness and help Derby County avoid the drop this season.

Here, we take a look at Derby fans’ reactions as Lawrence made his injury return for Wales…

Get in there, tom, keep it up

— Om marwaha (@marwaha_om) March 27, 2021

Magician

— Callum☔ (@AttackingGoalie) March 27, 2021

How the hell has he played for wales when he’s been out of the derby team with injury for over three months, I’ll never know🤦‍♂️

— Rooney’s Barmy army (@2021Wazza) March 27, 2021

Great to see you back ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤ x

— Deb Brown (@wokling8) March 27, 2021

Well done mate 👍🙂

— Luke (@Lukedegilbert2) March 27, 2021

Well done mate

— . (@j0edcfc) March 27, 2021

Well played Tom 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

— Nathan (@nathanbluebird) March 27, 2021

Great for derby. Also good Jozwiak scored. You’d like to think those two as your wingers in the championship, would be more than good enough wouldn’t you?

— Scott Gretton (@ScottGretton) March 28, 2021