Goals from home debutant Gedo, within 90 seconds of his half-time introduction, and Ahmed Elmohamady were enough to secure a somewhat fortuitous victory over Derby, who levelled in the 84th minute through Jamie Ward only to concede soon after.While Sunderland winger Elmohamady is enjoying a second loan stint at the KC Stadium, Gedo and Ahmed Fathi are settling in following temporary moves from Al Ahly at the end of the January transfer window.Bruce said: "We've got three of them (Egyptians) at the moment and they'll play a big part. I'm convinced of that.Steve Bruce expects his trio of Egypt internationals to have a huge impact on Hull's npower Championship promotion push.Derby boss Nigel Clough felt his side were extremely unfortunate to come away from the game empty-handed and he said: "It would have been a thoroughly deserved point. It was a very good away performance at one of the favourites for promotion and I can't ask any more from our players whatsoever.Bruce feels many people in this country are guilty of underrating Egyptian players.We don't think they are a big footballing nation, but they are and they have always been a really good team," he added.Al Ahly play in front of 75,000 every week; they're the Man United of Africa really, so it's no surprise that they (Gedo and Fathi) are good players. Obviously they've got to adapt to England, but they are good players - simple as that.
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