Loosing their cool, QPR were reduced to 10 men after club captain Martin Rowland’s saw red, picking up his second booking for a rash challenge on Nathan Dyer. Wigan loanee Ben Watson soon after was shown his second yellow of the afternoon, reducing the visitors to nine men but not before Mark Gower scored his first competitive goal for the club.
Losing two influential players was a huge blow for Magilton’s side, however the former Ipswich manager believes that his team still tried to play positively as he revealed on the clubs official site, he said, “”It was two influential players who were dismissed and we carried one or two others but we still tried to play positive football despite the setbacks. I felt comfortable for the opening half hour but that lack of a cutting edge has cost us.”
“We started really well but should have scored in the first half. Swansea came out much better after the interval but their keeper still had to make a couple of great saves to stop us from taking the lead.”
Excellent combination play from Angel Rangel and Nathan Dyer enabled Lee Trundle to fire in his second goal in three games, left Magilton has ruing missed chances and praising world class saves of Dorus De Vries that kept the home side in the game,he added, “But we didn’t score when we had the opportunities, and I know it’s obvious to say, but red cards and goals change games.We had one or two chances through Wayne Routledge and Jay Simpson in the first half, but then the match turned lacklustre.”
“It really petered out for the last 15 minutes of the half, but Swansea just about edged it in that period.At the start of the second half we were great from the first whistle. Their goalkeeper made two miracle saves, and then of course in 10 seconds, following Routledge’s chance, the course of the game changed.
“Martin Rowlands was probably a little bit rash – and with two bookings, he has to go. It was always going to be difficult after that.”
“We weren’t as incisive as we have been, but we had to carry one or two today, which really disappoints me.”
