Wayne Rooney explains how he knows Derby players have hunger to stay up

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Wayne Rooney claims he can see the hunger back in the eyes of Derby's players. The Rams are now unbeaten in three games since Rooney assumed sole control as caretaker.

They climbed off the bottom with a 1-0 win at Millwall after successive 1-1 draws at home. Now the 19th-placed club face a tough test tonight (Wednesday) at Brentford, who are unbeaten in their last nine games.

But player-coach Rooney, who has stepped back from playing to focus on management, insists Derby are making great strides since Phillip Cocu left.

Rooney,35, said: “The intensity of the training sessions has been a lot better which has shown in the games. “The lads are covering a lot of ground and the confidence is coming back with each game. “Everyone can see the