da dobrowin： QPR manager Mark Hughes has stated that Samba Diakite’s red card was a key factor in his side’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham on Monday night.
da aposte e ganhe： The Loftus Road club fell behind to an early Matt Jarvis strike, before Ricardo Vaz Te struck a second before half time.
Despite Adel Taarabt pulling one back for the hosts, QPR are still looking for their first win of the campaign and are rooted to the bottom of the table.
African midfielder Diakite replaced Ji-Sung Park on 55 minutes, but was dismissed 20 minutes later after two bookable offences; Hughes feels that the sending off was decisive.
“We were very poor, certainly first half where we were second to every ball, didn’t really get anywhere near the level that we need to get near to get positive results in the Premier League,” he told Sky Sports.
“First half we were just off the pace for whatever reason. Second half we made a better fist of it.
“In fact when Adel scored a great goal that got us a little bit of momentum and at that point I could see us getting a second goal.
“But obviously the sending off has completely killed that momentum and that point it was very, very difficult for us.
“We’re desperately disappointing on the basis of the first half performance because we’ve been much better than that,” the Welsh trainer confessed.
By Gareth McKnight