By James O'brien, Press Association Sport
Published: 00:20 GMT, 12 January 2019 | Updated: 00:20 GMT, 12 January 2019
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Frank Lampard insisted he would rather quit coaching than employ the 'spying' tactics used by opposite number Marcelo Bielsa ahead of Derby's 2-0 defeat at Leeds.
The build-up to the Sky Bet Championship match was overshadowed after a man was caught outside Derby's training ground on Thursday.
Derbyshire Police were forced to intervene and it transpired the man was an employee of Leeds who was watching a training session.
Frank Lampard would rather quit coaching than employ Marcelo Bielsa's spy tactics
Leeds boss Bielsa accepted responsibility for his side spying on Derby training this week
Bielsa spoke to Lampard over the phone to accept full responsibility for the incident but the former England midfielder was still unhappy with the pre-match distraction after goals from Kemar Roofe and Jack Harrison secured Leeds a welcome win.
'We lost to the better team from minute one to minute 90 whatever,' said Lampard, who joked the Football Association should reverse the three points. 'There's no talking around that.
'I'm in a difficult position because I want to draw a line between the performance and the bigger story of what happened.
'Of course I don't think it's right and I'm not sure anyone who's played