Even though he scored the game-winning goal for Derby County against Cambridge United on Saturday, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing still has one more goal to score this season.

His game-winning goal just before halftime at the Abbey Stadium means that Paul Warne’s team needs a point this weekend at home against Carlisle, the lowest team in the league, in order to advance. and Mendez-Laing is focused intently on the goal.

Anticipating the crucial 3 p.m. kickoff on Saturday in front of the Pride Park supporters, he stated: “It is huge and it will be extremely important for us to complete it.” Ninety minutes separate us from achieving the objective that was set forth at the beginning of the season.

“We have to give Carlisle our whole attention because we have work to do when we return on Monday. There is still one to go.

After making his 100th appearance for Derby in the team’s victory over the United States in January, the former Sheffield Wednesday winger signed a contract that will keep him with the team until the summer of 2026. Since then, he has talked about the sense of unity he feels at Derby.

“It is something I am proud of and hopefully there’s many more to come,” the 32-year-old said to RamsTV. I sense a true sense of unity among all the employees at Pride Park and Moore Farm, including the coaches, players, and spectators.

There is nothing more I could ask for; it’s a place where I feel truly at ease and settled. I adore the club and everything about it, and I feel really at home there overall. And when you’re in a better place, it does help with your on-field performances.

Mendez-Laing has scored 10 goals since that game against Cambridge, and he was selected for the League One Team of the Season. Warne’s team is leading Bolton by three points going into the Carlisle match, thanks to a better goal differential.

“I was happy to get the goal, but together we finished the job,” he continued. The defence played a great job throughout the challenging game.

“I was just praying it wasn’t going to be one of those days for us because I had hit the crossbar a few minutes earlier. But collectively, I believe we were deserving of the victory.

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