Defensive Errors Give Rangers The Blues...

QPR 0-2 Birmingham

Promotion favourites Birmingham, moved to the top of the Championship as yet more bad defending was Rangers downfall.

Rangers started the brighter, with Cook in outstanding form on the left side of midfield. But what is becoming all too familiar this season, the good work was undone by bad defending. On 23 minutes, Bruno N'Gotty arrived unmarked to power home a bullet header to give City the lead.



Rangers finished the half on top, but despite some nice football, could not deliver in the final third. As was the story of the second half - plenty of possession, plenty of neat and tidy football. But it wasn't until the 74th minute and the introduction of Baidoo, that Rangers really started to look dangerous coming forward. Jones went close to levelling on 86 minutes, and Baidoo's superb cross evaded everyone and drifted to safety a minute later.

Then, the classic sucker punch. Rangers had committed men forward, Birmingham broke, Rose dithered, Jones hesitated and Jerome lobbed the ball home in the final minute.

QPR: P Jones, Rose, Rehman (Baidoo 74), Stewart, Milanese, Oliseh, Ward, Bircham, Cook, Blackstock (R Jones 46), Nygaard. Subs: Cole, Bailey, Kanyuka.

Lofty's Man of the Match - Marc Bircham

Despite defeat, this wasn't the worst performance in the world. The midfield all excelled with Bircham particularly standing out. Again, bad defending cost the R's dearly tonight but what also is worrying now, is that with all the nice football being played and all the possession, we are desperately lacking an end product.

©LOFTY