Rangers continue down slippery slope

13 February 2010 18:35
QPR's struggles went from bad to worse at the Ricoh Arena as Gary Deegan's first goal for Coventry inflicted a third defeat in a week on the out-of-sorts London club. Rangers fans turned on owner Flavio Briatore on Tuesday night as their troubled season hit a new low courtesy of a desperately disappointing 2-1 home defeat to Ipswich. And the 500 or so visiting fans who made the trip to the West Midlands saw their side slump to a fifth successive loss which leaves them facing a relegation battle having won one of their past 14 Championship matches. The defeat was a difficult one to swallow, though, with Rangers having dominated the majority of an easily forgotten encounter but without really producing the goods in the final third. In a game of few clear-cut chances, January signing Deegan registered the only goal early on with a well-taken strike into the bottom corner that left Carl Ikeme rooted to the spot. Sky Blues boss Chris Coleman admitted before the clash that "it was all about the three points" and the victory, albeit via an ugly affair, takes his side up to 10th in the table.

Source: PA