To be fair, Derbys very well organised team had 8-9 players in the box. Clear shooting chances were hard to come by. What more can you do in that situation but pass it round to try and create a gap.
The only thing I would have find different is to have brought Tomlin on ten minutes earlier. The game was crying out for a tricky midfielder, to try to unlock their defence. Also we needed his quality at set pieces.