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Hameur Bouazza's heavily-deflected 77th-minute strike looked set to seal three rare points for the Cottagers but Villa struck back just two minutes later with a superb close-range header.

Villa had put Derby ahead in the 10th minute when he deflected home Dean Leacock's drive, but Diomansy Kamara equalised for the visitors with a header 14 minutes later.

It took the home side only 10 minutes to grab an unlikely lead and there was a heavy dose of good fortune about it as Dean Leacock's harmless drive struck Villa and wrong-footed Kasey Keller in the Fulham goal.

But just as the Rams looked to have got on top, Fulham responded with a 24th-minute equaliser after a quick-fire counter-attack.

Simon Davies' cross from the right was met with a fine glancing header by Kamara which gave Roy Carroll no chance.

Fulham finally looked to have ended their long winless streak on their travels with their bizarre second goal in the 77th minute.

Kamara raced clear and saw his shot superbly parried by Carroll, but Bouazza's long-range follow-up struck the luckless Leacock and looped over the keeper and into the net.

Amazingly, before the visitors had stopped celebrating, the Rams hit back.

Two minutes later Sterjovski crossed from deep on the right and Villa rose brilliantly to nod his second past Keller.