28/01/2012 by David McIntyre QPR manager Mark Hughes insisted referee Mike Dean was wrong to award the penalty which led to Chelsea’s winner in the FA Cup clash at Loftus Road. Dean pointed to the spot after Daniel Sturridge went down under a challenge from Clint Hill, who angrily argued that the Blues forward had dived. Juan Mata made no mistake from 12 yards, sending his team into the fifth round and leaving Hughes furious. “I think it was very harsh and Mike Dean will be disappointed when he sees the decision he’s made,” said Hughes. “He told Paddy Kenny he had to give a penalty because he thought Sturridge would have scored with the header. I think he [Sturridge] went down a bit too easily. “It’s disappointing for us because the goal came during one of our better periods in the game.” Hughes praised Anton Ferdinand, who produced a solid performance despite the furore surrounding the R’s defender and John Terry. “I think Anton has conducted himself really well, not just this week but over a number of weeks,” he said. “The focus was on him, and for him to play as well as he did means he comes away with a lot of credit.” Hughes added: “We’re disappointed, because we worked hard in terms of discipline and defensive shape but weren’t able to retain possession higher up the field after defending so well. “If you’re working extremely hard you still need to be able to go the other way and affect the game. Unfortunately we didn’t do that as well as I’d have liked. “It was understandable, because we lost players during the week and during the game. “Heidar Helguson had to come off at half-time and Akos Buzsaky, who hasn’t trained all week, looked leggy towards the end.” And Hughes revealed that Helguson, who has been nursing an ongoing groin problem, is “very unlikely” to play against Aston Villa in midweek. http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/penalty-decision-angers-qpr-boss/ What a poor excuse from Mike Dean! "Thought he would have scored with the header". That is all well and good, but it was never a foul in the first place, not in a million years. I would back our man Chris Foy any day in a street fight against Chelsea's Mike Dean.
Looked a bit soft, but have yet to see it again. But as touched upon above, the players didnt play like it was a derby and didnt play like they did in October. However nor did the fans. The atmosphere was poor and if it had been better it may have helped get the players up for it a bit more.
It was clearly one hundred percent not a foul or a pen. Shocking decision. Despite Chelsea having more possession, neither team offered much of an attacking threat. That game had 0-0 written all over it, which would have been a fair result. To be honest, considering that we had the "unholy trinity of Hs" on the field in the form of Hill, Hall and Hulse, I was surprised that we weren't torn apart by them.
If it was a clear goal scoring opportunity with no other defender in sight, surely Hill should have got a red card. Didn't even get a yellow. Strange that.
As blatant dive as you'll ever see! http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/did-daniel-sturridge-dive-to-win-chelseas-penalty-at-qpr/
