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QPR vs Plymouth
2 - 0
Date:
09/03/2010
Venue:
Loftus Road
Attendance:
12,013
Referee:
Paul Tierney
Adel Taarabt and Damion Stewart were both on target as QPR collected three more vital points with victory over Plymouth Argyle at Loftus Road.
It turned out to be back-to-back victories for the R's following their 2-1 defeat of West Brom at the weekend, and they took the lead in the 36th minute from the penalty spot.
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Tamas Priskin was adjudged to have been fouled in the area, before Taarabt stepped up to fire the ball home into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
And the points were safe for Neil Warnock and his side just five minutes after the break. Taarabt turned from scorer to provider, sending a free-kick into the area that was expertly nodded home by Stewart to send the R's up to 15th spot in the Championship table.
QPR remained unchanged for the visit of Paul Mariner's Pilgrims to Loftus Road, though Lee Cook did return to the squad to take up his place on the substitutes' bench.
Rangers began with Carl Ikeme in goal.
Matt Connolly, Stewart, Kaspars Gorkss and Matt Hill made up the QPR backline.
Taarabt and Hogan Ephraim were out wide in midfield for the Hoops, while skipper Mikele Leigertwood and Alejandro Faurlin began in the middle of the park.
Jay Simpson was joined by Priskin up front.
Rangers were out of the traps immediately.
After a lovely passing move between Faurlin, Taarabt and Simpson, the ball fell to Priskin but he couldn't quite get a shot away from ten-yards out when under pressure from his marker.
Chances were hardly forthcoming in the opening ten minutes, as both sides seemed intent on keeping things tight in the early stages of the match.
It was Rangers who were posing more of a threat if any, however, and when Ephraim combined with Faurlin down the left, his cross went agonisingly across the face of goal before eventually being cleared away from danger.
Soon after, when the R's won a free-kick midway into Plymouth's half, a Taarabt ball from deep was headed harmlessly wide by Priskin.
The hosts, by now, were shading the affair in terms of possession, and they created their best chance to date when Ephraim won the ball back on the edge of the area, before cutting in to shoot straight at David Stockdale in the Argyle net.
QPR were getting closer to finding that opening goal of the match, and moments later they came within inches of finding it.
Connolly found Taarabt, who in turn played a cutting through ball to Simpson.
Through on goal but under pressure from a defender, the Arsenal loanee could only fire just wide of the right-hand post.
Moments later, the R's were again on the attack, though after a free-flowing passing move between Ephraim, Faurlin, Leigertwood and Connolly, the latter fired high and wide of the goal.
Play then switched to the other end, where the visitors created their best to date chance to score - and nearly did so.
After Argyle won a free-kick on the left, Alan Judge's delightful centre found the head of Karl Arnason, who could head just over the target.
The R's - and namely Taarabt - then almost found an opening goal of the game that would have surely been a contender for goal of the season.
Taarabt found the ball just outside the area, producing several step-overs that led to him beating two opponents and shooting just wide of the goal.
The Loftus Road faithful weren't made to wait too much longer for that first goal though, as QPR raced into the lead moments later from the penalty spot.
Taarabt and Connolly combined before the right-back crossed for Priskin in the box, who was deemed to have been tugged back.
Moroccan international Taarabt stepped up to take the spot-kick and did not disappoint, sliding the ball home into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
Just before the interval, Rangers missed two superb chances to find a second goal.
Stewart's opportunity was probably the better of the two, after he headed just over when Faurlin's free-kick was nodded on by Connolly for QPR.
That was before Ephraim found the ball down the left and sent over a cross that somehow went across the face of goal and was then cleared for a corner kick.
As the play got underway in the second half, the R's took just five minutes to add that all important two-goal cushion in the affair.
When Taarabt was felled on the left, he dusted himself down before sending in a delicious free-kick on to the head of Stewart.
The big defender couldn't miss thereafter, nodding past Stockdale to double Rangers' lead.
Buoyed by their second, the R's almost added a third when Taarabt's cross dropped to Faurlin on the edge of the area, but he could only blast over the goal.
And it was that combination that was in the thick of the action once again. Taarabt fed Faurlin on the left-hand side of the area, before the Argentine midfielder shot straight at the Plymouth keeper.
Taarabt was proving a constant menace to the Pilgrims' back four, and he was inches wide of finding a QPR third after he beat one man and sent a shot just past the left-hand upright for Rangers.
Soon after, Leigertwood breezed past three men down the right before sending in a cross for Simpson, who could only shoot just wide of Stockdale's left-hand post.
R's gaffer Warnock then decided to change things in midfield with Akos Buzsaky replacing the excellent Taarabt, who was given a standing ovation by the QPR fans.
The Hoops could, and probably should, have added a third goal just before the match reached its conclusion in W12.
Simpson was almost rewarded for some persistent hustling that resulted in a mix-up between a Pilgrims defender and keeper Stockdale, though he could only shoot wide with his left foot.
QPR: Ikeme, Stewart, Leigertwood, Gorkss, Connolly, Faurlin, Hill, Simpson (Vine 85), Ephraim (Cook 78), Priskin, Taarabt (Buzsaky 73).
Subs: Cerny, Ramage, Borrowdale, German.
Goals: Taarabt (Pen 36), Stewart (50)
Bookings: Hill, Connolly
Plymouth Argyle: Stockdale, Duguid, Fletcher, Johnson, Mackie, Arnason, Fallon (Mason 55), Barker, Sawyer, Eckersley, Judge (Bolasie 55).
Subs: Larrieu, Wright-Phillips, McNamee, Summerfield, Cooper.
Bookings: Duguid, Eckersley, Barker
Referee: Mr P Tierney
Attendance: 12, 013 (863)
QPR vs Plymouth
2 - 0
Date:
09/03/2010
Venue:
Loftus Road
Attendance:
12,013
Referee:
Paul Tierney
Adel Taarabt and Damion Stewart were both on target as QPR collected three more vital points with victory over Plymouth Argyle at Loftus Road.
It turned out to be back-to-back victories for the R's following their 2-1 defeat of West Brom at the weekend, and they took the lead in the 36th minute from the penalty spot.
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Tamas Priskin was adjudged to have been fouled in the area, before Taarabt stepped up to fire the ball home into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
And the points were safe for Neil Warnock and his side just five minutes after the break. Taarabt turned from scorer to provider, sending a free-kick into the area that was expertly nodded home by Stewart to send the R's up to 15th spot in the Championship table.
QPR remained unchanged for the visit of Paul Mariner's Pilgrims to Loftus Road, though Lee Cook did return to the squad to take up his place on the substitutes' bench.
Rangers began with Carl Ikeme in goal.
Matt Connolly, Stewart, Kaspars Gorkss and Matt Hill made up the QPR backline.
Taarabt and Hogan Ephraim were out wide in midfield for the Hoops, while skipper Mikele Leigertwood and Alejandro Faurlin began in the middle of the park.
Jay Simpson was joined by Priskin up front.
Rangers were out of the traps immediately.
After a lovely passing move between Faurlin, Taarabt and Simpson, the ball fell to Priskin but he couldn't quite get a shot away from ten-yards out when under pressure from his marker.
Chances were hardly forthcoming in the opening ten minutes, as both sides seemed intent on keeping things tight in the early stages of the match.
It was Rangers who were posing more of a threat if any, however, and when Ephraim combined with Faurlin down the left, his cross went agonisingly across the face of goal before eventually being cleared away from danger.
Soon after, when the R's won a free-kick midway into Plymouth's half, a Taarabt ball from deep was headed harmlessly wide by Priskin.
The hosts, by now, were shading the affair in terms of possession, and they created their best chance to date when Ephraim won the ball back on the edge of the area, before cutting in to shoot straight at David Stockdale in the Argyle net.
QPR were getting closer to finding that opening goal of the match, and moments later they came within inches of finding it.
Connolly found Taarabt, who in turn played a cutting through ball to Simpson.
Through on goal but under pressure from a defender, the Arsenal loanee could only fire just wide of the right-hand post.
Moments later, the R's were again on the attack, though after a free-flowing passing move between Ephraim, Faurlin, Leigertwood and Connolly, the latter fired high and wide of the goal.
Play then switched to the other end, where the visitors created their best to date chance to score - and nearly did so.
After Argyle won a free-kick on the left, Alan Judge's delightful centre found the head of Karl Arnason, who could head just over the target.
The R's - and namely Taarabt - then almost found an opening goal of the game that would have surely been a contender for goal of the season.
Taarabt found the ball just outside the area, producing several step-overs that led to him beating two opponents and shooting just wide of the goal.
The Loftus Road faithful weren't made to wait too much longer for that first goal though, as QPR raced into the lead moments later from the penalty spot.
Taarabt and Connolly combined before the right-back crossed for Priskin in the box, who was deemed to have been tugged back.
Moroccan international Taarabt stepped up to take the spot-kick and did not disappoint, sliding the ball home into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
Just before the interval, Rangers missed two superb chances to find a second goal.
Stewart's opportunity was probably the better of the two, after he headed just over when Faurlin's free-kick was nodded on by Connolly for QPR.
That was before Ephraim found the ball down the left and sent over a cross that somehow went across the face of goal and was then cleared for a corner kick.
As the play got underway in the second half, the R's took just five minutes to add that all important two-goal cushion in the affair.
When Taarabt was felled on the left, he dusted himself down before sending in a delicious free-kick on to the head of Stewart.
The big defender couldn't miss thereafter, nodding past Stockdale to double Rangers' lead.
Buoyed by their second, the R's almost added a third when Taarabt's cross dropped to Faurlin on the edge of the area, but he could only blast over the goal.
And it was that combination that was in the thick of the action once again. Taarabt fed Faurlin on the left-hand side of the area, before the Argentine midfielder shot straight at the Plymouth keeper.
Taarabt was proving a constant menace to the Pilgrims' back four, and he was inches wide of finding a QPR third after he beat one man and sent a shot just past the left-hand upright for Rangers.
Soon after, Leigertwood breezed past three men down the right before sending in a cross for Simpson, who could only shoot just wide of Stockdale's left-hand post.
R's gaffer Warnock then decided to change things in midfield with Akos Buzsaky replacing the excellent Taarabt, who was given a standing ovation by the QPR fans.
The Hoops could, and probably should, have added a third goal just before the match reached its conclusion in W12.
Simpson was almost rewarded for some persistent hustling that resulted in a mix-up between a Pilgrims defender and keeper Stockdale, though he could only shoot wide with his left foot.
QPR: Ikeme, Stewart, Leigertwood, Gorkss, Connolly, Faurlin, Hill, Simpson (Vine 85), Ephraim (Cook 78), Priskin, Taarabt (Buzsaky 73).
Subs: Cerny, Ramage, Borrowdale, German.
Goals: Taarabt (Pen 36), Stewart (50)
Bookings: Hill, Connolly
Plymouth Argyle: Stockdale, Duguid, Fletcher, Johnson, Mackie, Arnason, Fallon (Mason 55), Barker, Sawyer, Eckersley, Judge (Bolasie 55).
Subs: Larrieu, Wright-Phillips, McNamee, Summerfield, Cooper.
Bookings: Duguid, Eckersley, Barker
Referee: Mr P Tierney
Attendance: 12, 013 (863)
