Overview

• The referee, Ruebyn Ricardo, stopped play in the second half after spotting a dead bird near the center circle.
• A club medic removed the carcass during a stoppage of about three minutes, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Play resumed and Derby secured victory through Andreas Weimann’s 84th-minute goal.
• Derby manager John Eustace said the pause helped him settle on substitutions and joked he had the bird to thank.
• West Brom manager Ryan Mason called the delay strange, and club sources pointed to peregrine falcons nesting in the East Stand as the likely cause.