Premier League, Loftus Road – QPR 2 (Austin 17, 69) Aston Villa 0
QPR climbed off the foot of the table thanks to a Charlie Austin brace that gave Harry Redknapp’s side a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa.
Austin rifled home a fantastic half-volley on the edge of the box from Bobby Zamora’s knock-down to put the home side ahead early in the first half before adding a well-taken second with 20 minutes remaining.
The win means that QPR leapfrog Burnley but remain in the bottom two, whilst 15th-placed Villa have now not scored in over eight and a half hours of play.
Much of the pre-match talk focused on under-pressure QPR manager Redknapp’s criticism of Adel Taarabt - he chose to leave the player out of his squad, also benching Rio Ferdinand.
Even so, Villa offered little in the way of threat as Christian Benteke looked short of match fitness with Andreas Weimann and Gabriel Agbonlahor proving impotent up front.
Despite the victory, QPR face an uphill struggle to remain in the top flight even at this early stage and, with Chelsea away and Man City at home to come, it doesn’t get much easier.
- Source: Eurosport
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