Head coach Neill Collins admits his Barnsley side "didn't deal" with Derby County's calibre after falling to a 3-0 defeat in League One.

A brace from James Collins and a strike from Craig Forsyth sealed a 3-0 win over the Tykes at Pride Park. The Rams have climbed to seventh and are now level on 27 points with Barnsley.

But Collins insisted there was "nothing between the teams" despite the defeat. "Up until the third goal, I didn't think there was anything in the game," he said post-match.

"We were behind to the penalty at half-time which I thought was more than recoverable but the second and third goals, to lose goals to direct play and you're 3-0 down.

"I thought there was nothing between the teams, there wasn't really clear-cut chances for either team, it was a good tight game but then it quickly unfolded because we didn't deal with direct play.

"We have dealt with that type of play and we've kept a lot of clean sheets but you're coming up against a better calibre of opposition today and we just didn't deal with it and that was the one aspect which was really frustrating.

"At times, had we shown a little more devilment and intensity it could have been there for us in the first 60 minutes but we didn't."

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