Frank Lampard claimed the 'Spygate' scandal that heightened tensions between Leeds United and Derby County earlier in the season is not on his mind ahead of the Championship play-off semi-final between the two clubs. Marcelo Bielsa's admission that he sent spies to Derby's training ground ahead of Leeds' 2-0 victory over the Rams at Elland Road in January left Lampard "very surprised" and he condemned the former Argentina coach's actions, saying: "I don't think it's right". Derby's 3-1 victory over West Brom on the final day of the league campaign set up a two-legged clash to determine who will face Aston Villa or the Baggies at Wembley for a place in the Premier League. READ | Perfect April sees Guardiola named Premier League Manager of the Month But Lampard deflected questions about whether the saga would have any bearing on the tie, telling the Guardian: "I want to take myself out of that one now. "I don't care about the history. I don't care about the talk of spies, I actually care about the fact they beat us well over two games and have been a really strong team this season. "I'll block all of that out and might have to fend off a few questions about it, but the important thing is focusing on Leeds as a team and trying to get a result." Derby lost both of their Championship games against Leeds this season, succumbing to a 4-1 thrashing at Pride Park in August before January's defeat away from home. Leeds head into Saturday's first leg without a win in four matches, however, while hosts Derby are unbeaten in six.<doc-sep>Frank Lampard admitted it was extra sweet for Derby to beat Leeds to a place in the Championship play-off final. Rams boss Lampard had claimed in the build-up to the game that ‘Spygate’ had been forgotten, but the former Chelsea man who had been goaded by Leeds fans throughout the first leg at Pride Park and in the first half at Elland Road, admitted it was sweet revenge as he had the last laugh. Clearly rattled by the taunts, Lampard was fired up afterwards as Derby side won 4-2 at Elland Road with two goals from Jack Marriott as they edged out Leeds 4-3 on aggregate. Asked if it was extra sweet to beat Leeds, an animated Lampard told Sky Sports said: “Maybe, maybe it is, I’m not going to lie. There was a lot of people saying we were crying about ‘Spygate’, but I haven’t even thought about ‘Spygate’ for a long time. “We prepared for this game and got a result.” Lampard pointed to Marriott’s goal just before half-time that gave Derby belief and spoke about being written off. He added: “We were 1-0 down, I said to the lads everyone had written us off. It’s 1/8 for them to go through or something, everyone says they’ve beaten us three times, but we made a little tweak, and it worked brilliantly but you need bravery on the ball and the lads showed it.” “The workrate through the year, players coming in, we’re not there yet, I watched Villa do this, but the players deserve it. The performance tonight, we were the better team over two legs, we should have had a penalty, but it was a brilliant performance from the lads. “There’s work to do, this isn’t the end, we’re underdogs again and we’ll have a tough game against a brilliant Villa team, but we’re there. “The goal before half-time gave the players belief and I am so delighted for Jack Marriott. I felt it was his night but I didn’t know he’d do that. We have to enjoy the moment but now prepare for Aston Villa, but we’ll be underdogs again.”<doc-sep>The EFL fined Leeds £200,000 after Bielsa admitted to sending someone to watch the Rams train before their game in January, which the Whites won 2-0 Derby manager Frank Lampard says he ‘hugely respects’ Leeds ahead of their ‘Spygate’ rematch on Saturday, which is live on talkSPORT. Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted to sending an employee to watch the Rams train before the two sides met in January as the Whites ran out 2-0 winners at Elland Road. Getty 2 Frank Lampard’s Derby secured sixth spot on the final day of the regular season at the expense of Middlesbrough and Bristol City The club were subsequently hit with a £200,000 fine by the EFL. This is the fourth time in the last six seasons that Derby have been involved in the play-offs – and they are the form team having lost only one of their last 12 games. Lampard said: “The fact that we’ve been on a good run has to be put to the side because the league is now done and we have to focus on these two games. LIVE ON talkSPORT talkSPORT is your home of live football! Here's what's coming up on talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2... 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Now, Bielsa will be looking to reach the club’s ‘goal’ and end their 15-year exile from the Premier League via the play-offs. Bielsa added: “We analysed deeply the last four games but we did that on the first day of the week. 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FRANK LAMPARD must have thought he had suffered enough from Spygate this season. But after Leeds beat his Derby side following the scandal in January, the Rams boss is now the subject of a hilarious new chant - to the tune of an Oasis hit. 1 Leeds fans taunted Frank Lampard with a genius new song based on Oasis classic 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' Leeds fans descended upon Derby yesterday for the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-final. And they brought with them their new lyrics to go to the tune of 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' after Lampard blasted opposition boss Marcelo Bielsa for his part in the spying on Derby training. The song originally went: "Cos all of the stars / Are fading away / Just try not to worry / You'll see them some day / Take what you need / And be on your way / And stop crying your heart out." But one genius Leeds supporter came up with a brilliant alternative. The chant, blasted out at pubs and at Pride Park yesterday, goes: "All of the spies / Are hidden away / Just try not to worry / You'll beat us some day / We beat you at home / We beat you away / Stop crying Frank Lampard." Ironically, Lampard was left seething yet again after the clash last night. FRANK FUMING Leeds won the game 1-0 thanks to Kemar Roofe's 55th-minute finish. But with 13 minutes to go, Craig Pawson awarded Lampard's Rams a penalty. The ref then spoke with his assistant who convinced Pawson to overturn his decision, giving Leeds a free-kick instead. Lampard fumed: "I'm not sure if it's a penalty - I think it's one of those you can get or not get. The referee gave it, but the linesman has decided it was clear enough to not be a penalty. "It's like human VAR, but with the actual VAR, the only way they turn decisions, as you hear from the rules, is if it's a clear and obvious challenge. It wasn't - I can't understand it. "I'm not standing here and saying it was a clear penalty; I've looked at it and it's probably right in the middle. Jayden Bogle has got his leg across, there's not huge contact, but enough that he's in front of him before he gets there. "But for the linesman to decide by himself and for the referee to accept that decision, making him completely wrong, is really difficult to understand. "The linesman will say he thought it wasn't [clear], but the referee gave it, so work that one out." Lampard will be desperate to get his revenge and the last laugh following the second leg at Elland Road - while Leeds fans will be relishing the chance to have 35,000 belting out the new song in unison. Just whatever happens, Frank, don't look back in anger.