QPR didn't really get going until just before the half-hour mark.Colossal left-back Benoît Assou-Ekoto tried to lob Ross Turnbull but his effort went wide.This was made up for by top scorer CHARLIE AUSTIN who made it eight in seven league matches.His fierce strike seemed to be caught by the Donny goalkeeper,but it slipped through his legs and in-similar to Taibi's shot with Matt Le Tissier.
The second half started with Doncaster on top.Duffy found Richie Wellens who fired wide,and it would take a bit of magic to get something.That's the ice for THEO ROBINSON to pounce.His cut through Clinton Hill to curl perfectly under Rob Green,and level the score.
Sixty minutes gone,and QPR wanted to hassle the opponents.It was no surprise when infamous bad-boy Joey Barton brutally fouled Wellens.The midfielders confronted each other furiously,Barton starting it somehow.Canadian AJ Hoillett picked out Charlie Austin but he made no real contact.He was at it again when Phillips' ball met him,but the control was poor.
Hoillett is becoming useful.And Phillips the architect again in a flowing move started by Barton and Austin.But the substitute missed the goal and clicked the post instead.Rovers certainly had a scare!
89 minutes had gone and Duffy's comer went high into the box.It met the head of Scot PAUL QUINN and he drilled his powerful header past Rob Green and Danny Simpson into the corner.The pandemonium in the stands shook the foundations with the cheering.But Wellens wanted more-he tested Green.
The result was one that brought smiles onto the home fans' faces,but sees QPR travel back to the capital questioning what could've been.
VIEWS FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
DONCASTER DEFENDER PAUL QUINN:
"I had joked with some teammates for the last few weeks that I'd get into the box and be on the receiving end of the ball.I got that chance and to score the winner was a good feeling that left me buzzing."
DONCASTER BOSS PAUL DICKOV:
"We had let down the travelling Doncaster faithful on Tuesday's game at Charlton,so it can be said the win today was indeed for them."
"The defence was how a proper backline should be and how compact we should be.Luke McCullough is a young lad who's learning still but he was super today in the game.Quinny(Paul Quinn) was also brilliant after recent criticism."
"As many players agree,today was about attitude above performance.I am thrilled to get the points going into our next two away games."
QPR BOSS HARRY REDKNAPP
"They say you're vunerable after taking the lead and I admit I underestimated that.I couldn't see us losing.We dominated the game and seemed comfortable with the style we played."
"Credit to Doncaster who got the points but I am sick of the same relience on the same guys to score.I stuck two up front at 1-1 but didn't do enough."
"It's difficult to get the team to stop this dependency.We need a midfield who can score more and wingers with crossing abilities like no other.It seems as though if Charlie Austin doesn't score,we don't win yet alone score in the game."
"I want other areas to step up to the mark and be more open to scoring."
TEAMS
Doncaster Rovers
- 01 Turnbull Booked
- 02 Quinn
- 31 Stevens
- 19 Wellens Booked
- 14 Khumalo
- 12 McCullough
- 26 Coppinger
- 04 Furman
- 10 Macheda
- 22 Robinson
- 07 Duffy
Substitutes
- 08 Paynter
- 11 Cotterill
- 13 Maxted
- 15 Wakefield
- 17 Woods
- 21 De Val
- 30 Peterson
Queens Park Rangers
- 01 Green
- 02 Simpson
- 39 Assou-Ekotto
- 17 Barton
- 05 Dunne Booked
- 06 Hill
- 07 Phillips
- 16 Jenas Booked
- 09 Austin
- 36 O'Neil (Johnson - 63' )
- 19 Kranjcar (Hoilett - 77' )
Substitutes
- 03 Traore
- 08 Johnson
- 10 Carroll
- 14 Onyewu
- 20 Henry
- 23 Hoilett
- 26 Murphy
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