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Manchester United defender Teden Mengi hailed by fans after impressing on full Derby debut
straight to your inbox every day for freeDerby County manager Wayne Rooney highlighted Manchester United loanee Teden Mengi's physicality as a key reason as to why he made his full debut for the Championship side on Tuesday night.Derby beat Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 with an added-time goal from Andre Wisdom, moving up to 16th position in the Championship table, six points clear of the relegation zone.Mengi, who can play at full-back or centre-back, had to wait patiently for his first start, as Nathan Byrne and Lee Buchanan had been consistent starters in the full-back positions - Byrne had started the previous 11 league matches and Buchanan had started nine of the previous 11.