QPR in last after loss to West Ham
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October 3, 2012, Wednesday
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MATT Jarvis and Ricardo Vaz Te scored in the first half on Monday as West Ham hung on for a 2-1 win at 10-man Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League to leave their London rivals languishing in last place.
Jarvis gave his team the lead in the third minute, heading in from a tight angle after Kevin Nolan's mishit shot looped over to the far post. Vaz Te then doubled the lead from almost exactly the same spot, volleying in a cross past Julio Cesar.
Adel Taarabt pulled one back for QPR with a spectacular long-range strike in the 57th, but the hosts' chances of a comeback were stifled when Samba Diakite was sent off for a second booking in the 75th.
Andy Carroll made his return from a hamstring injury when he came on as a second-half substitute and had time to set up his teammates for a couple of good chances and force a save from Julio Cesar with a hard shot from the edge of the area in injury time.
Despite being a man down, QPR had chances to equalize and forced a couple of good saves from Jussi Jaaskelainen. The loss leaves the hosts with just two points from six rounds and is likely to increase the pressure on manager Mark Hughes, with the club having spent big in the transfer market to get in the top half of the table.
"We were very poor," Hughes said. "In the first half, we were just off the pace for whatever reason. In the second half we made a better (fight) of it."
Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes backed Hughes to turn around the club's fortunes after a 2-1 home loss to West Ham United left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.
"Mark will sort it out. Look at his record. We would have won if we didn't go down to 10 (men)," Fernandes said on his Twitter account yesterday.
"Keep calm. 6 games does not make a season," he added.
Jarvis gave his team the lead in the third minute, heading in from a tight angle after Kevin Nolan's mishit shot looped over to the far post. Vaz Te then doubled the lead from almost exactly the same spot, volleying in a cross past Julio Cesar.
Adel Taarabt pulled one back for QPR with a spectacular long-range strike in the 57th, but the hosts' chances of a comeback were stifled when Samba Diakite was sent off for a second booking in the 75th.
Andy Carroll made his return from a hamstring injury when he came on as a second-half substitute and had time to set up his teammates for a couple of good chances and force a save from Julio Cesar with a hard shot from the edge of the area in injury time.
Despite being a man down, QPR had chances to equalize and forced a couple of good saves from Jussi Jaaskelainen. The loss leaves the hosts with just two points from six rounds and is likely to increase the pressure on manager Mark Hughes, with the club having spent big in the transfer market to get in the top half of the table.
"We were very poor," Hughes said. "In the first half, we were just off the pace for whatever reason. In the second half we made a better (fight) of it."
Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes backed Hughes to turn around the club's fortunes after a 2-1 home loss to West Ham United left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.
"Mark will sort it out. Look at his record. We would have won if we didn't go down to 10 (men)," Fernandes said on his Twitter account yesterday.
"Keep calm. 6 games does not make a season," he added.
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