Reading 1 QPR 0: Sigurdsson on the spot to end 10-man Rangers' resistance

17 March 2010 02:14
Match-winner: Reading's Gylfi Sigurdsson[LNB]A controversial 85th-minute penalty by Gylfi Sigurdsson sent Reading to their eighth League win in nine games and handed Queens Park Rangers boss Neil Warnock his first defeat.[LNB]Warnock appeared to be tearing his hair out, not only for the penalty awarded when Matt Hill appeared to trip Jimmy Kebe but also for the red card for QPR central defender Damion Stewart in the 44th minute.[LNB]Earlier Stewart had been cautioned for a clash with Shane Long before getting a second yellow for preventing a quick clearance by goalkeeper Adam Federici.[LNB]After the game Warnock was surprisingly stoical about losing, saying: 'I'm disappointed because I really enjoyed it. Damion's first yellow should never have been but the second was his own fault.[LNB]'As for the penalty, 90 per cent of referees would have given it though I didn't think it was. But if you hang your foot out there's always a chance it will be given.'[LNB]Reading boss Brian McDermott said: 'It was just a great result even if it wasn't beautiful.'[LNB]McDermott defended central defender Matt Mills who aimed the finger at Reading fans after they jeered him for a misplaced pass, saying: 'Don't forget that from our eight wins in nine games he's been involved in them all.'[LNB] [LNB] Coventry 1 Cardiff 2: Last-gasp Peter Whittingham fires Bluebirds' play-off pushPreston 2 Sheffield Wednesday 2: Alan Irvine makes point on return to Deepdale after Marcus Tudgay levellerCrystal Palace 0 Leicester 1: Bruno Berner strike clips Eagles' wings after Claude Davis sees red for strugglers [LNB]  

Source: Daily_Mail