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January 2, 2012: QPR lost 2-1 at home to Norwich - after Barton got sent off...
Kenny, Hill, Derry, Gabbidon, Taarabt, Faurlin, Mackie, Barton, Young, Helguson, Ferdinand.
Subs: Cerny, Orr, Campbell, Connolly, Hulse, Wright-Phillips, Macheda.
There was one more FA Cup to go for Warnock and then the axe...
Table - after the Warnock slump - still doesnt look too bad compared to a year later!.
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Posted on: Mon 02 Jan 2012
Neil Warnock rued his side's current misfortune after Grant Holt's 83rd-minute strike condemned ten-man Rangers to a 2-1 defeat at home to Norwich City.
Joey Barton - scorer of QPR's opening goal on 11 minutes - was controversially dismissed after an off-the-ball clash with Bradley Johnson, before Anthony Pilkington and Holt were on hand to grab all three points for the Canaries.
Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Warnock said: "We feel like we've run over a few black cats at the moment.
"It's difficult. Their heads were together but there's nothing in it.
"We feel like we've been robbed today.
"Before the sending off there was a wild tackle on Joey which didn't get a yellow card - I'm amazed.
"I thought after scoring we'd taken charge.
"It changed the game completely. We had ten men for such a long period of the game."
He added: "It was a fantastic performance. The lads couldn't give any more. They were fantastic in the second half.
"They kept going and tried to give as best as they could.
"But we'll re-group. I can't say how proud I was of the lads today. I thought they were so positive.
"I thought we tried to attack as best as we could.
"Shaun Wright-Phillips did well when he came on at half-time.
"But we still got punished at the death. It is disappointing. We feel a bit aggrieved at the moment.
"We've got two weeks until our next Premier League fixture and hopefully, with one or two new faces, we can stop feeling sorry for ourselves and get on with it."
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Hoops manager brands Barton decision 'ridiculous'
Last Updated: January 2, 2012 6:19pm
Joey Barton: Was sent off after clashing with Norwich man Johnson
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QPR boss Neil Warnock claims the linesman was 'conned' by Norwich man Bradley Johnson following Joey Barton's controversial sending off at Loftus Road on Monday.
The Rangers captain, who scored the hosts' goal in the 2-1 defeat, was given his marching orders in the opening half after the linesman informed the referee he had tried to headbutt Johnson.
Warnock was disappointed by the decision and blasted the Canaries midfielder for playing it to his advantage.
"(The referee) didn't see it at all. It's the linesman that's informed him he saw Joey Barton headbutt Bradley Johnson, which is ridiculous really," Warnock told Sky Sports.
"I think he's guessed it because of Johnson's reaction of flinging his head back. You say cheats don't prosper but I think he has done in this case, Johnson.
"Then to rub it in by (acting) as if his face has been hurt. But he's conned him and unfortunately the man that's important, the linesman, has fallen for it hook, line and sinker. I think he got carried away by the occasion.
"It's disappointing, very disappointing. Because I thought we'd started to do well."
No contact
Warnock spoke to Barton about the incident after the game and the skipper assured him no contact had been made.
"I saw him and he said he didn't make any contact with him," he added.
"He put his face together with him but that's how they are, players like that. You don't expect someone to go off like Bradley Johnson did."
He added: "In the end I suppose it depends what you want from your players. I suppose they'll be delighted that they got the three points so it probably justifies what they've done.
"We can't do anything about it, we've lost the game now."
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Man Utd 19 45 32 49
Tottenham 18 39 15 35
Chelsea 20 37 14 39 2-1 FT v Wolverhampton
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Newcastle 19 30 1 26
Stoke 20 29 -9 22 2-1 FT v Blackburn
Norwich 20 25 -5 30 2-1 FT v QPR
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Swansea 20 23 -3 20 2-0 FT v Aston Villa
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Wigan 19 15 -20 17
Blackburn 20 14 -14 29 1-2 FT v Stoke
Bolton 19 13 -19 23
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Barton sent off as QPR lose again
02/01/2012
by David McIntyre
QPR 1 Norwich 2
Joey Barton scored and was later sent off as QPR’s alarming decline continued.
Barton netted from 10 yards out following Clint Hill’s left-wing cross but was then given his marching orders after lashing out at Bradley Johnson.
The dismissal gave Norwich a massive boost and they equalised when Anthony Pilkington found the bottom corner with a fine left-footed strike from outside the penalty area.
And Steve Morison’s late goal won it for City, who are safely nestled in mid-table and enjoying a smoother return to the Premier League than Rangers despite their relatively moderate spending.
Barton’s indiscipline was all too familiar – and there was nothing new about Rangers being undone by a Paul Lambert substitution.
At Carrow Road in November, the Canaries boss brought on Wes Hoolahan and Grant Holt shortly before they combined for City’s winner.
This time he introduced Hoolahan and Morison as part of a triple change midway through the second half.
And his decision paid off, with Elliott Bennett heading Hoolahan’s 83rd-minute cross down to Morison, who made no mistake.
The result extended Rangers’ run without a win to eight matches and means they will sink into the bottom three if Wigan beat Sunderland tomorrow.
Norwich have not kept a clean sheet in the league this season and it took the home side only 11 minutes to go ahead.
Alejandro Faurlin was the orchestrator, chipping a perfectly-weighted ball into the path of Hill, whose centre enabled Barton to grab his first goal at Loftus Road.
But Rangers were left to defend the lead with 10 men when Barton was red-carded in the 36th minute for violent conduct after clashing with Johnson in full view of assistant referee David Richardson.
That lead lasted only six more minutes before being wiped out by Pilkington, who was afforded far too much time and space after collecting Johnson’s pass.
Rangers manager Neil Warnock responded by making a change at half-time, bringing Shaun Wright-Phillips on for Jamie Mackie.
Wright-Phillips soon made an impact, running at the heart of the Norwich defence and teeing up Adel Taarabt, who poked his shot wide.
Taarabt then went close with a free-kick keeper John Ruddy dived to his right to claw away, before Paddy Kenny also reacted quickly to keep out a low shot from Bennett at the other end.
Keeper Kenny was back in the starting line-up along with fit-again centre-back Anton Ferdinand, whose performance was one of his best for the R’s.
Striker Federico Macheda, whose loan move from Manchester United was rubber-stamped in time for him to make his debut, was brought on for the final 10 minutes.
Had he been braver, Macheda might have beaten Ruddy to Wright-Phillips’ right-wing cross and scored with his first touch.
Instead it was Lambert’s switch that proved decisive – again – leaving Warnock to hope his planned January spending spree halts Rangers’ slide
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Posted on: Mon 02 Jan 2012
Neil Warnock rued his side's current misfortune after Grant Holt's 83rd-minute strike condemned ten-man Rangers to a 2-1 defeat at home to Norwich City.
Joey Barton - scorer of QPR's opening goal on 11 minutes - was controversially dismissed after an off-the-ball clash with Bradley Johnson, before Anthony Pilkington and Holt were on hand to grab all three points for the Canaries.
Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Warnock said: "We feel like we've run over a few black cats at the moment.
"It's difficult. Their heads were together but there's nothing in it.
"We feel like we've been robbed today.
"Before the sending off there was a wild tackle on Joey which didn't get a yellow card - I'm amazed.
"I thought after scoring we'd taken charge.
"It changed the game completely. We had ten men for such a long period of the game."
He added: "It was a fantastic performance. The lads couldn't give any more. They were fantastic in the second half.
"They kept going and tried to give as best as they could.
"But we'll re-group. I can't say how proud I was of the lads today. I thought they were so positive.
"I thought we tried to attack as best as we could.
"Shaun Wright-Phillips did well when he came on at half-time.
"But we still got punished at the death. It is disappointing. We feel a bit aggrieved at the moment.
"We've got two weeks until our next Premier League fixture and hopefully, with one or two new faces, we can stop feeling sorry for ourselves and get on with it."
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Hoops manager brands Barton decision 'ridiculous'
Last Updated: January 2, 2012 6:19pm
Joey Barton: Was sent off after clashing with Norwich man Johnson
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QPR boss Neil Warnock claims the linesman was 'conned' by Norwich man Bradley Johnson following Joey Barton's controversial sending off at Loftus Road on Monday.
The Rangers captain, who scored the hosts' goal in the 2-1 defeat, was given his marching orders in the opening half after the linesman informed the referee he had tried to headbutt Johnson.
Warnock was disappointed by the decision and blasted the Canaries midfielder for playing it to his advantage.
"(The referee) didn't see it at all. It's the linesman that's informed him he saw Joey Barton headbutt Bradley Johnson, which is ridiculous really," Warnock told Sky Sports.
"I think he's guessed it because of Johnson's reaction of flinging his head back. You say cheats don't prosper but I think he has done in this case, Johnson.
"Then to rub it in by (acting) as if his face has been hurt. But he's conned him and unfortunately the man that's important, the linesman, has fallen for it hook, line and sinker. I think he got carried away by the occasion.
"It's disappointing, very disappointing. Because I thought we'd started to do well."
No contact
Warnock spoke to Barton about the incident after the game and the skipper assured him no contact had been made.
"I saw him and he said he didn't make any contact with him," he added.
"He put his face together with him but that's how they are, players like that. You don't expect someone to go off like Bradley Johnson did."
He added: "In the end I suppose it depends what you want from your players. I suppose they'll be delighted that they got the three points so it probably justifies what they've done.
"We can't do anything about it, we've lost the game now."
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Norwich City came from behind to defeat ten-man QPR in a fiercely-fought encounter at Loftus Road.
In a Barclays Premier League contest crammed full of drama, Rangers opened the scoring after only 11 minutes when Joey Barton smashed home Clint Hill's low cross from the left
Controversy struck on 36 minutes, after Barton - QPR's opening goalscorer - was shown a straight red card after an off-the-ball incident with Bradley Johnson.
And Norwich would go on to make the numerical advantage count.
Anthony Pilkington struck a Canaries leveller just six minutes after Barton's dismissal, firing home a beautifully-struck effort from fully 25-yards out.
City substitute Steve Morison clinched all three points for the visitors seven minutes from time, lashing home from close range after Elliott Bennett's controlled ball into the Wales striker.
Neil Warnock made five changes to his R's side for the visit of Norwich - and also named new loan signing Federico Macheda from Manchester United on the bench.
Paddy Kenny came back into the starting XI at the expense of Radek Cerny, while Anton Ferdinand and Hill replaced Matt Connolly and Armand Traore respectively in defence.
Shaun Derry, meanwhile, started ahead of Shaun Wright-Phillips, while Heidar Helguson came in for Jay Bothroyd.
Kenny was in goal for Rangers, who lined up in an accustomed 4-2-3-1 formation.
Luke Young, Ferdinand, Danny Gabbidon and Hill made up the R's back four.
Derry and Ale Faurlin were in defensive midfield, behind the more advanced trio of Jamie Mackie, Adel Taarabt and skipper Barton.
Helguson led the line for Rangers in attack.
Rangers were looking to improve on a home league record of just one win this season prior to kick-off, while Norwich had enjoyed similar form away from Carrow Road, with just a single victory.
The visitors probably enjoyed the greater possession in the opening ten minutes, although neither side threatened in front of goal.
The first real opportunity of the contest arrived on 11 minutes - and it yielded the opening goal of the contest.
It was QPR who drew first blood, and what a well-worked effort it proved to be.
Faurlin picked up possession on halfway before clipping a delightful ball over the top of Canaries right-back Russell Martin for Hill.
Thereafter, the R's defender sent over a low cross that evaded everyone but the onrushing Barton at the back post, who stole in to fire Rangers into the lead from just inside the box.
A super start for the Hoops - although Norwich continued to impress, even after going a goal down.
Johnson produced an effort for the Canaries on 18 minutes, skipping past one challenge before seeing his deflected drive from 20-yards out comfortably held by Kenny.
The first half was one of few chances but what it lacked in goalmouth action, it more than made up for in the manner that this now highly-charged affair was being contested. Strong tackles were aplenty.
Norwich's best chance of the half to date arrived on 33 minutes. Bennett's ball from the right found an unmarked Simeon Jackson on ten yards, but he could only scuff an effort wide of the target.
It was matters away from goal that continued to hit the headlines - especially when Barton, scorer of the R's first, was dismissed after an off-the-ball altercation nine minutes before the break.
Barton and Johnson went chest-to-chest away from play, before the latter indicated that he'd received a blow to the face - despite neither the referee nor his assistant signalling this to be the case in real time.
It took Bennett's late challenge on Barton, moments later, for Mr Swarbrick to bring the action to a halt, where Barton was shown his marching orders - and the former was not penalised.
Now holding a numerical advantage, Norwich put themselves on terms just three minutes before the break.
It was a goal worthy to grace the top-flight - that cannot be doubted. Pilkington received possession before unleashing a fierce drive from 25 yards that flew into bottom right-hand corner of net, giving Kenny no chance.
The sending off of Barton meant that Warnock was forced to think heavily about how he'd approach the second half.
The R's gaffer opted for a change at the interval, with Wright-Phillips brought on to replace Mackie.
The tricky winger almost made an instant impact - dragging a shot just wide of the left-hand post from 20 yards.
Apart from a Johnson effort that cleared the bar, Rangers made the greater inroads in front of goal at the start of the second period.
Taarabt went exceptionally close to notching his first strike of the season on 53 minutes.
Daniel Ayala was penalised - and subsequently booked - for a foul on Helguson and, when the Moroccan playmaker stepped up to fire in a free-kick from 25 yards, John Ruddy flung himself fantastically well to tip the effort on to his right-hand post and wide.
The visitors went close four minutes later. Bennett's drive from just outside the box forced a smart save from Kenny.
Despite being a man light, the R's continued to threaten. Faurlin's 20-yard effort on 68 minutes went just inches past the upright.
Norwich substitute Morison, meanwhile, went close for Paul Lambert's men just seven minutes later, seeing his header from 12 yards go marginally past the right-hand post.
Loanee Macheda's time arrived on 81 minutes, brought on to replace the tireless Helguson.
His impact was almost instantaneous, with only a fine two-fisted clearance from Ruddy preventing the Italian from getting on the end of a Wright-Phillips cross just seconds after his arrival.
But Macheda's introduction couldn't halt a Canaries winner.
A ball from the left was cushioned down superbly by Bennett for Morison, before the former Millwall forward blasted home from eight-yards out.
QPR: Kenny, Hill, Derry, Gabbidon, Taarabt (Campbell 85), Faurlin, Mackie (Wright-Phillips 46), Barton, Young, Helguson, Ferdinand.
Subs: Cerny, Orr, Connolly, Hulse, Macheda.
Goals: Barton (11)
Bookings: Wright-Phillips (65)
Red Cards: Barton (36)
Norwich City: Ruddy, Martin, Drury (Fox 66), Johnson, Whitbread, Holt (Morison 66), Jackson, Pilkington, Bennett, Lappin (Hoolahan 66), Ayala.
Subs: Rudd, Surman, Wilbraham, Naughton.
Goals: Pilkington (42), Morison (83)
Bookings: Ayala (53)
Referee: Mr N Swarbrick
Attendance: 18,033 (3177 away)
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January 2, 2012: QPR lost 2-1 at home to Norwich - after Barton got sent off...
Kenny, Hill, Derry, Gabbidon, Taarabt, Faurlin, Mackie, Barton, Young, Helguson, Ferdinand.
Subs: Cerny, Orr, Campbell, Connolly, Hulse, Wright-Phillips, Macheda.
There was one more FA Cup to go for Warnock and then the axe...
Table - after the Warnock slump - still doesnt look too bad compared to a year later!.
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Posted on: Mon 02 Jan 2012
Neil Warnock rued his side's current misfortune after Grant Holt's 83rd-minute strike condemned ten-man Rangers to a 2-1 defeat at home to Norwich City.
Joey Barton - scorer of QPR's opening goal on 11 minutes - was controversially dismissed after an off-the-ball clash with Bradley Johnson, before Anthony Pilkington and Holt were on hand to grab all three points for the Canaries.
Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Warnock said: "We feel like we've run over a few black cats at the moment.
"It's difficult. Their heads were together but there's nothing in it.
"We feel like we've been robbed today.
"Before the sending off there was a wild tackle on Joey which didn't get a yellow card - I'm amazed.
"I thought after scoring we'd taken charge.
"It changed the game completely. We had ten men for such a long period of the game."
He added: "It was a fantastic performance. The lads couldn't give any more. They were fantastic in the second half.
"They kept going and tried to give as best as they could.
"But we'll re-group. I can't say how proud I was of the lads today. I thought they were so positive.
"I thought we tried to attack as best as we could.
"Shaun Wright-Phillips did well when he came on at half-time.
"But we still got punished at the death. It is disappointing. We feel a bit aggrieved at the moment.
"We've got two weeks until our next Premier League fixture and hopefully, with one or two new faces, we can stop feeling sorry for ourselves and get on with it."
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Hoops manager brands Barton decision 'ridiculous'
Last Updated: January 2, 2012 6:19pm
Joey Barton: Was sent off after clashing with Norwich man Johnson
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QPR boss Neil Warnock claims the linesman was 'conned' by Norwich man Bradley Johnson following Joey Barton's controversial sending off at Loftus Road on Monday.
The Rangers captain, who scored the hosts' goal in the 2-1 defeat, was given his marching orders in the opening half after the linesman informed the referee he had tried to headbutt Johnson.
Warnock was disappointed by the decision and blasted the Canaries midfielder for playing it to his advantage.
"(The referee) didn't see it at all. It's the linesman that's informed him he saw Joey Barton headbutt Bradley Johnson, which is ridiculous really," Warnock told Sky Sports.
"I think he's guessed it because of Johnson's reaction of flinging his head back. You say cheats don't prosper but I think he has done in this case, Johnson.
"Then to rub it in by (acting) as if his face has been hurt. But he's conned him and unfortunately the man that's important, the linesman, has fallen for it hook, line and sinker. I think he got carried away by the occasion.
"It's disappointing, very disappointing. Because I thought we'd started to do well."
No contact
Warnock spoke to Barton about the incident after the game and the skipper assured him no contact had been made.
"I saw him and he said he didn't make any contact with him," he added.
"He put his face together with him but that's how they are, players like that. You don't expect someone to go off like Bradley Johnson did."
He added: "In the end I suppose it depends what you want from your players. I suppose they'll be delighted that they got the three points so it probably justifies what they've done.
"We can't do anything about it, we've lost the game now."
www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7407237/?
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Man Utd 19 45 32 49
Tottenham 18 39 15 35
Chelsea 20 37 14 39 2-1 FT v Wolverhampton
Arsenal 19 36 9 35 KO 17:30 (A) v Fulham
Liverpool 19 34 9 24
Newcastle 19 30 1 26
Stoke 20 29 -9 22 2-1 FT v Blackburn
Norwich 20 25 -5 30 2-1 FT v QPR
Everton 18 24 -1 19
Swansea 20 23 -3 20 2-0 FT v Aston Villa
Aston Villa 20 23 -4 22 0-2 FT v Swansea
West Brom 19 22 -8 19
Sunderland 19 21 1 23
Fulham 19 20 -5 20 KO 17:30 (H) v Arsenal
Wolves 20 17 -14 22 1-2 FT v Chelsea
QPR 20 17 -16 19 1-2 FT v Norwich
Wigan 19 15 -20 17
Blackburn 20 14 -14 29 1-2 FT v Stoke
Bolton 19 13 -19 23
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Barton sent off as QPR lose again
02/01/2012
by David McIntyre
QPR 1 Norwich 2
Joey Barton scored and was later sent off as QPR’s alarming decline continued.
Barton netted from 10 yards out following Clint Hill’s left-wing cross but was then given his marching orders after lashing out at Bradley Johnson.
The dismissal gave Norwich a massive boost and they equalised when Anthony Pilkington found the bottom corner with a fine left-footed strike from outside the penalty area.
And Steve Morison’s late goal won it for City, who are safely nestled in mid-table and enjoying a smoother return to the Premier League than Rangers despite their relatively moderate spending.
Barton’s indiscipline was all too familiar – and there was nothing new about Rangers being undone by a Paul Lambert substitution.
At Carrow Road in November, the Canaries boss brought on Wes Hoolahan and Grant Holt shortly before they combined for City’s winner.
This time he introduced Hoolahan and Morison as part of a triple change midway through the second half.
And his decision paid off, with Elliott Bennett heading Hoolahan’s 83rd-minute cross down to Morison, who made no mistake.
The result extended Rangers’ run without a win to eight matches and means they will sink into the bottom three if Wigan beat Sunderland tomorrow.
Norwich have not kept a clean sheet in the league this season and it took the home side only 11 minutes to go ahead.
Alejandro Faurlin was the orchestrator, chipping a perfectly-weighted ball into the path of Hill, whose centre enabled Barton to grab his first goal at Loftus Road.
But Rangers were left to defend the lead with 10 men when Barton was red-carded in the 36th minute for violent conduct after clashing with Johnson in full view of assistant referee David Richardson.
That lead lasted only six more minutes before being wiped out by Pilkington, who was afforded far too much time and space after collecting Johnson’s pass.
Rangers manager Neil Warnock responded by making a change at half-time, bringing Shaun Wright-Phillips on for Jamie Mackie.
Wright-Phillips soon made an impact, running at the heart of the Norwich defence and teeing up Adel Taarabt, who poked his shot wide.
Taarabt then went close with a free-kick keeper John Ruddy dived to his right to claw away, before Paddy Kenny also reacted quickly to keep out a low shot from Bennett at the other end.
Keeper Kenny was back in the starting line-up along with fit-again centre-back Anton Ferdinand, whose performance was one of his best for the R’s.
Striker Federico Macheda, whose loan move from Manchester United was rubber-stamped in time for him to make his debut, was brought on for the final 10 minutes.
Had he been braver, Macheda might have beaten Ruddy to Wright-Phillips’ right-wing cross and scored with his first touch.
Instead it was Lambert’s switch that proved decisive – again – leaving Warnock to hope his planned January spending spree halts Rangers’ slide
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Posted on: Mon 02 Jan 2012
Neil Warnock rued his side's current misfortune after Grant Holt's 83rd-minute strike condemned ten-man Rangers to a 2-1 defeat at home to Norwich City.
Joey Barton - scorer of QPR's opening goal on 11 minutes - was controversially dismissed after an off-the-ball clash with Bradley Johnson, before Anthony Pilkington and Holt were on hand to grab all three points for the Canaries.
Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Warnock said: "We feel like we've run over a few black cats at the moment.
"It's difficult. Their heads were together but there's nothing in it.
"We feel like we've been robbed today.
"Before the sending off there was a wild tackle on Joey which didn't get a yellow card - I'm amazed.
"I thought after scoring we'd taken charge.
"It changed the game completely. We had ten men for such a long period of the game."
He added: "It was a fantastic performance. The lads couldn't give any more. They were fantastic in the second half.
"They kept going and tried to give as best as they could.
"But we'll re-group. I can't say how proud I was of the lads today. I thought they were so positive.
"I thought we tried to attack as best as we could.
"Shaun Wright-Phillips did well when he came on at half-time.
"But we still got punished at the death. It is disappointing. We feel a bit aggrieved at the moment.
"We've got two weeks until our next Premier League fixture and hopefully, with one or two new faces, we can stop feeling sorry for ourselves and get on with it."
www.qpr.co.uk/page/TheGaffer/0,,10373~2563864,00.html
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Hoops manager brands Barton decision 'ridiculous'
Last Updated: January 2, 2012 6:19pm
Joey Barton: Was sent off after clashing with Norwich man Johnson
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QPR boss Neil Warnock claims the linesman was 'conned' by Norwich man Bradley Johnson following Joey Barton's controversial sending off at Loftus Road on Monday.
The Rangers captain, who scored the hosts' goal in the 2-1 defeat, was given his marching orders in the opening half after the linesman informed the referee he had tried to headbutt Johnson.
Warnock was disappointed by the decision and blasted the Canaries midfielder for playing it to his advantage.
"(The referee) didn't see it at all. It's the linesman that's informed him he saw Joey Barton headbutt Bradley Johnson, which is ridiculous really," Warnock told Sky Sports.
"I think he's guessed it because of Johnson's reaction of flinging his head back. You say cheats don't prosper but I think he has done in this case, Johnson.
"Then to rub it in by (acting) as if his face has been hurt. But he's conned him and unfortunately the man that's important, the linesman, has fallen for it hook, line and sinker. I think he got carried away by the occasion.
"It's disappointing, very disappointing. Because I thought we'd started to do well."
No contact
Warnock spoke to Barton about the incident after the game and the skipper assured him no contact had been made.
"I saw him and he said he didn't make any contact with him," he added.
"He put his face together with him but that's how they are, players like that. You don't expect someone to go off like Bradley Johnson did."
He added: "In the end I suppose it depends what you want from your players. I suppose they'll be delighted that they got the three points so it probably justifies what they've done.
"We can't do anything about it, we've lost the game now."
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Norwich City came from behind to defeat ten-man QPR in a fiercely-fought encounter at Loftus Road.
In a Barclays Premier League contest crammed full of drama, Rangers opened the scoring after only 11 minutes when Joey Barton smashed home Clint Hill's low cross from the left
Controversy struck on 36 minutes, after Barton - QPR's opening goalscorer - was shown a straight red card after an off-the-ball incident with Bradley Johnson.
And Norwich would go on to make the numerical advantage count.
Anthony Pilkington struck a Canaries leveller just six minutes after Barton's dismissal, firing home a beautifully-struck effort from fully 25-yards out.
City substitute Steve Morison clinched all three points for the visitors seven minutes from time, lashing home from close range after Elliott Bennett's controlled ball into the Wales striker.
Neil Warnock made five changes to his R's side for the visit of Norwich - and also named new loan signing Federico Macheda from Manchester United on the bench.
Paddy Kenny came back into the starting XI at the expense of Radek Cerny, while Anton Ferdinand and Hill replaced Matt Connolly and Armand Traore respectively in defence.
Shaun Derry, meanwhile, started ahead of Shaun Wright-Phillips, while Heidar Helguson came in for Jay Bothroyd.
Kenny was in goal for Rangers, who lined up in an accustomed 4-2-3-1 formation.
Luke Young, Ferdinand, Danny Gabbidon and Hill made up the R's back four.
Derry and Ale Faurlin were in defensive midfield, behind the more advanced trio of Jamie Mackie, Adel Taarabt and skipper Barton.
Helguson led the line for Rangers in attack.
Rangers were looking to improve on a home league record of just one win this season prior to kick-off, while Norwich had enjoyed similar form away from Carrow Road, with just a single victory.
The visitors probably enjoyed the greater possession in the opening ten minutes, although neither side threatened in front of goal.
The first real opportunity of the contest arrived on 11 minutes - and it yielded the opening goal of the contest.
It was QPR who drew first blood, and what a well-worked effort it proved to be.
Faurlin picked up possession on halfway before clipping a delightful ball over the top of Canaries right-back Russell Martin for Hill.
Thereafter, the R's defender sent over a low cross that evaded everyone but the onrushing Barton at the back post, who stole in to fire Rangers into the lead from just inside the box.
A super start for the Hoops - although Norwich continued to impress, even after going a goal down.
Johnson produced an effort for the Canaries on 18 minutes, skipping past one challenge before seeing his deflected drive from 20-yards out comfortably held by Kenny.
The first half was one of few chances but what it lacked in goalmouth action, it more than made up for in the manner that this now highly-charged affair was being contested. Strong tackles were aplenty.
Norwich's best chance of the half to date arrived on 33 minutes. Bennett's ball from the right found an unmarked Simeon Jackson on ten yards, but he could only scuff an effort wide of the target.
It was matters away from goal that continued to hit the headlines - especially when Barton, scorer of the R's first, was dismissed after an off-the-ball altercation nine minutes before the break.
Barton and Johnson went chest-to-chest away from play, before the latter indicated that he'd received a blow to the face - despite neither the referee nor his assistant signalling this to be the case in real time.
It took Bennett's late challenge on Barton, moments later, for Mr Swarbrick to bring the action to a halt, where Barton was shown his marching orders - and the former was not penalised.
Now holding a numerical advantage, Norwich put themselves on terms just three minutes before the break.
It was a goal worthy to grace the top-flight - that cannot be doubted. Pilkington received possession before unleashing a fierce drive from 25 yards that flew into bottom right-hand corner of net, giving Kenny no chance.
The sending off of Barton meant that Warnock was forced to think heavily about how he'd approach the second half.
The R's gaffer opted for a change at the interval, with Wright-Phillips brought on to replace Mackie.
The tricky winger almost made an instant impact - dragging a shot just wide of the left-hand post from 20 yards.
Apart from a Johnson effort that cleared the bar, Rangers made the greater inroads in front of goal at the start of the second period.
Taarabt went exceptionally close to notching his first strike of the season on 53 minutes.
Daniel Ayala was penalised - and subsequently booked - for a foul on Helguson and, when the Moroccan playmaker stepped up to fire in a free-kick from 25 yards, John Ruddy flung himself fantastically well to tip the effort on to his right-hand post and wide.
The visitors went close four minutes later. Bennett's drive from just outside the box forced a smart save from Kenny.
Despite being a man light, the R's continued to threaten. Faurlin's 20-yard effort on 68 minutes went just inches past the upright.
Norwich substitute Morison, meanwhile, went close for Paul Lambert's men just seven minutes later, seeing his header from 12 yards go marginally past the right-hand post.
Loanee Macheda's time arrived on 81 minutes, brought on to replace the tireless Helguson.
His impact was almost instantaneous, with only a fine two-fisted clearance from Ruddy preventing the Italian from getting on the end of a Wright-Phillips cross just seconds after his arrival.
But Macheda's introduction couldn't halt a Canaries winner.
A ball from the left was cushioned down superbly by Bennett for Morison, before the former Millwall forward blasted home from eight-yards out.
QPR: Kenny, Hill, Derry, Gabbidon, Taarabt (Campbell 85), Faurlin, Mackie (Wright-Phillips 46), Barton, Young, Helguson, Ferdinand.
Subs: Cerny, Orr, Connolly, Hulse, Macheda.
Goals: Barton (11)
Bookings: Wright-Phillips (65)
Red Cards: Barton (36)
Norwich City: Ruddy, Martin, Drury (Fox 66), Johnson, Whitbread, Holt (Morison 66), Jackson, Pilkington, Bennett, Lappin (Hoolahan 66), Ayala.
Subs: Rudd, Surman, Wilbraham, Naughton.
Goals: Pilkington (42), Morison (83)
Bookings: Ayala (53)
Referee: Mr N Swarbrick
Attendance: 18,033 (3177 away)
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