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QPR strike late again to make two on the spin - Report

Wednesday, 4th Jan 2017 19:16 by Clive Whittingham

QPR made it two wins from two games in three days after losing their previous six by snatching another late Pawel Wszolek winner against Ipswich at Loftus Road on Monday.

From six defeats in a row to two wins in a weekend, that old saying about the darkest hour coming just before the dawn rarely rang truer than at Loftus Road on Bank Holiday Monday.

That nightmare run of results through December began with a 3-0 loss at Ipswich Town. An odd match, where Rangers were much the better of two poor sides for the first hour but nevertheless lost by three and could have gone down by five, sparked an alarming spell which has moved new manager Ian Holloway away from his "rubbing off on them a bit" brief of working with what he has to the current situation where half the first team is heading to the exit door.

Ironically, in true Championship style, Rangers won this quickfire return fixture between the sides against the run of play, having not played nearly as well as they did in the first 60 minutes at Portman Road. When Pawel Wszolek showed a deftness of touch mostly lacking from this run-of-the-mill second tier match, and a cool head to round visiting keeper Bialkowski and slide in the winner seven minutes from time his team had actually been rather holding on for a point.


Things had started well. Fresh from a surprise, desperately needed, victory at Wolves on Saturday Rangers came into this game 48 hours later in better mood than most had anticipated.

Jamie Mackie set the tempo early on and, although Alex Smithies had to save awkwardly at his near post from David McGoldrick, Rangers were just about the better of the two sides early on without really creating too much.

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