Ronnie Moore lavished praise on his striker Tom Pope after the Millers marksman netted late on to give Rotherham United a narrow 1-0 derby win over Chesterfield.
Pope struck in the 90th minute to secure the points for the Millers which moves them back into the automatic promotion places, and sent 1,500 travelling supporters home happy.
"Popey has worked his socks off, he has won a lot of headers and I thought he was tiring but we kept him on and what a great finish, and what a time to get it," said Ronnie after the game.
"I am pleased for Popey because I think that is his first league goal since August. Hopefully they will be like buses and it will keep happening for him. There are still little parts of his game that need improving but his endeavour and enthusiasm are second to none, all he needs to do now is polish up on his touch and hopefully the goals will follow."
The game was a tight affair with both sides cancelling each other out for large parts of the game but Ronnie believed that the Millers just about deserved to take the spoils:
"It was a typical derby game both sides had half chances, I felt that we had the better of the chances and I think we probably just shaded it," he added.
"I have won here as manager of Tranmere but the number of times I have come here with Rotherham and heard 'you'll never beat the Spireites', it is cemented in my head! I felt like singing something back at the end but I thought 'better not or I will get locked up!'"
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