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Swansea City 1 Queens Park Rangers 1: match report

Read a full match report of the Premier League game between Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday Dec 27 2011. 

 

Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock on Tuesday night called the performance of referee Lee Probert “a kick in the teeth” as his side had to settle for a point at the Liberty Stadium.

Although it was a first point in four games for Warnock’s men, he was incensed by Probert’s decision not to penalise Danny Graham for an apparent handball in the build-up to the striker’s 14th-minute goal, but he also expressed incredulity about the official’s decision not to award Swansea City a “stonewall” penalty when Graham was tripped by Armand Traore.

“We are very disappointed at their goal, as you would be,” said Warnock, who spent much of the game protesting to the fourth official, Kevin Friend. “It’s a deliberate handball, he gains an advantage and he wouldn’t have scored otherwise.“The referee said he saw the handball, but that it was not deliberate. That disappoints me even more. I also thought it [Swansea’s claim] the most stonewall penalty you will see, perhaps the most certain penalty ever. It definitely looked a penalty from where we were.

“I thought there were a number of mistakes tonight but it’s the match-winning ones you want them to get right.

“It [the handball] was a kick in the teeth, it felt such an injustice at half time, but I suppose it spurred us on. We got on the front foot, passed it quicker and had a go at them. Faurlin and Taarabt were superb and our centre halves defended how I want centre-halves to defend.”Fortunately for Rangers, Jamie Mackie’s 58th-minute equaliser sent them back to west London with a deserved draw and at least some consolation for the manager.Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers was similarly scathing in his assessment of the decision that saw his side denied a spot-kick, branding Probert’s display as “inconsistent”.
“It was a clear penalty, I have had the chance to see it from a few angles and it was a definite penalty,” he said.

“I thought it summed up Lee’s performance which was was very inconsistent right the way through.”
Both sides have found points difficult to come by of late, and it was little wonder that the locals in the crowd let out a huge sigh of relief when Graham made the most of Probert’s leniency. After an opening period during which neither side had shown their hand, City’s £3 million striker wriggled free from Fitz Hall and duly beat Paddy Kenny at his far post.- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

 

EPL Match Preview: Swansea City vsQueens Park Rangers EPL 12/28 1AM G...

EPL Match Preview: Swansea City vsQueens Park Rangers EPL 12/28 1AM G...: Swansea City has played 8 English Premier League matches this season on Liberty Stadium. On home ground Swansea City has won 4, drawn 3 a...

Swansea City vsQueens Park Rangers EPL 12/28 1AM GMT+8

Swansea City has played 8 English Premier League matches this season on Liberty Stadium. On home ground Swansea City has won 4, drawn 3 and lost 1 matches. This ranks the Swans 6th in home team performance in the English Premier League.Queens Park Rangers has played 8 English Premier League matches this season away from home. On away ground Queens Park Rangers has won 3, drawn 0 and lost 5 matches. This ranks QPR 10th in away team performance in the English Premier League.

Swansea City’s performance is greatest when looking at opponents in the bottom 6 with an average of 1.88 points per game.Against opponent such as Queens Park Rangers that is currently placed in the bottom 6 of the English Premier League Swansea City has managed to collect an average of 1.06 points in 17 matches this season. Concerning matches played at home against the bottom 6 this season Swansea City has collected 1.88 points on average in 8 matches. 

 Queens Park Rangers’s performance is greatest when looking at opponents in the mid 8 with an average of 1.5 points per game.Against opponent such as Swansea City who is currently placed in the bottom 6 of the English Premier League Queens Park Rangers has managed to collect an average of 1 point in 8 matches this season. When looking at matches played away against the bottom 6 this season Queens Park Rangers has collected 1.5 points on average in 4 matches.

Arsenal vs Wolverhampton Wanderers EPL 12/27 11PM GMT+8

Arsenal has played 8 EPL matches this season on Emirates Stadium. On home ground Arsenal has won 6, drawn 1 and lost 1 matches. This ranks the Gunners 2nd in home team performance in the EPL.Wolverhampton Wanderers has played 8 English Premier League matches this season away from home. On away ground Wolverhampton Wanderers has won 1, drawn 1 and lost 6 matches. This ranks the Wolwes 19th in away team performance in the English Premier League.

 Arsenal’s performance is greatest when looking at opponents in the mid 8 with an average of 3 points per game.Against opponent such as Wolverhampton Wanderers that is currently placed in the bottom 6 of the English Premier League Arsenal has managed to collect an average of 2.38 points in 8 matches this season. Concerning matches played at home against the bottom 6 this season Arsenal has collected 2.6 points on average in 5 matches.

Wolverhampton Wanderers’s performance is greatest when looking at opponents in the bottom 6 with an average of 1.33 points per game.Against opponent such as Arsenal who is currently placed in the top 6 of the Argentina Primera Wolverhampton Wanderers has managed to collect an average of 0 points in 5 matches this season. When looking at matches played away against the top 6 this season Wolverhampton Wanderers has collected 0 points on average in 4 matches.