Crystal Palace remain just outside the Championship’s relegation zone despite crashing to a 2-0 defeat at home to Neil Warnock’s Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. A sublime strike from Akos Buzsaky set QPR on their way, the Hungarian international firing past Julian Speroni from 25 yards with just ten minutes of the match gone.
With Palace offering little in front of goal, Rangers effectively killed off the game on the hour mark when Kaspars Gorkss headed home Adel Taarabt’s corner to make it 2-0.
Losing Calvin Andrew, who had to be substituted early on after a nasty clash of heads with QPR’s Damion Stewart, robbed Palace of one of their strikers as Alan Lee was not fit enough to come on for him despite being on the bench.
But it was defender Clint Hill who had the Eagles’ first shot on goal, forcing Radek Cerny into a smart save after being played in on the left by Darren Ambrose in the 36th minute.
Whilst QPR looked dangerous every time they went forward, Moroccan international Taarabt pulling the strings from midfield, Palace couldn’t muster another chance until after the break, when Neil Danns pulled his shot wide after being put through on goal by Danny Butterfield in the 57th minute.
Sean Scannell could have made it a difficult last ten minutes for the West Londoners, but couldn’t lift his shot over Cerny at the near post when it looked like he would pull a goal back for Palace.
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