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November 29, 2012, Thursday
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HARRY Redknapp's first match in charge of Queens Park Rangers ended in a dour 0-0 draw at Sunderland, underlining the size of the task facing the former Tottenham manager at the Premier League's last-place team.
QPR remains without a victory after 14 games but is now four points adrift at the foot of the standings after second-bottom Reading lost 0-1 at Aston Villa in another match between two of the division's strugglers.
Belgium striker Christian Benteke headed in Villa's winner in the 80th minute, earning his team its third win of the campaign under new manager Paul Lambert. Villa climbed out of the bottom three and is now level on points with Sunderland.
The poor fare on show Tuesday suggests all four teams will be fighting against relegation this season, although QPR will hope the appointment of Redknapp will spark an upturn of fortunes in the coming weeks.
"There were some good points coming out of that. I felt more optimistic tonight than I did on Saturday," said Redknapp, who took the reins after a 1-3 defeat to Manchester United at the weekend. "I just have to keep encouraging them."
Redknapp has previously worked wonders at Tottenham and Portsmouth when taking over at a struggling club, but he acknowledged on Monday that the salvage operation at Loftus Road is his biggest challenge yet.
On this evidence, Redknapp's team will be harder to beat than that of previous incumbent Mark Hughes, who lost his job on Friday with QPR the only side in all of England's four leagues yet to have won a game.
Redknapp fielded a more defensively minded midfield at Stadium of Light and saw his team create only a few chances, with Jamie Mackie wasting the best of them in a one-on-one opportunity in the first half.
QPR remains without a victory after 14 games but is now four points adrift at the foot of the standings after second-bottom Reading lost 0-1 at Aston Villa in another match between two of the division's strugglers.
Belgium striker Christian Benteke headed in Villa's winner in the 80th minute, earning his team its third win of the campaign under new manager Paul Lambert. Villa climbed out of the bottom three and is now level on points with Sunderland.
The poor fare on show Tuesday suggests all four teams will be fighting against relegation this season, although QPR will hope the appointment of Redknapp will spark an upturn of fortunes in the coming weeks.
"There were some good points coming out of that. I felt more optimistic tonight than I did on Saturday," said Redknapp, who took the reins after a 1-3 defeat to Manchester United at the weekend. "I just have to keep encouraging them."
Redknapp has previously worked wonders at Tottenham and Portsmouth when taking over at a struggling club, but he acknowledged on Monday that the salvage operation at Loftus Road is his biggest challenge yet.
On this evidence, Redknapp's team will be harder to beat than that of previous incumbent Mark Hughes, who lost his job on Friday with QPR the only side in all of England's four leagues yet to have won a game.
Redknapp fielded a more defensively minded midfield at Stadium of Light and saw his team create only a few chances, with Jamie Mackie wasting the best of them in a one-on-one opportunity in the first half.
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